2,002 Ebooks by Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
In response to a request from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Homeland Security sponsored a National Academies study to assess the safety and security risks of spent …
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€34.91
Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Colorado River Basin Water Management
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at …
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€56.35
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Chemistry: Future of U.S. Chemistry Research
Chemistry plays a key role in conquering diseases, solving energy problems, addressing environmental problems, providing the discoveries that lead to new industries, and developing new materials and …
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€54.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness
More than $400 billion worth of products rely on innovations in chemistry. Chemical engineering, as an academic discipline and profession, has enabled this achievement. In response to growing …
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€63.19
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Analysis of Global Change Assessments
Global change assessments inform decision makers about the scientific underpinnings of a range of environmental issues, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and loss of …
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€51.69
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: 2007 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€24.88
Committee on Water System Security Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Nation’s Water Security
Concern over terrorist attacks since 2001 has directed attention to potential vulnerabilities of the nations water and wastewater systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which leads …
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€46.55
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, "Best Practice A
This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Programs new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 …
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€25.02
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
The world’s first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is …
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€24.88
Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Antarctica is renowned for its extreme cold; yet surprisingly, radar measurements have revealed a vast network of lakes, rivers, and streams several kilometers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Sealed …
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€44.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air …
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€74.81
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications: New Science of Metagenomics
Although we can’t usually see them, microbes are essential for every part of human life — indeed all life on Earth. The emerging field of metagenomics offers a new way of exploring the microbial …
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€46.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Earth Materials and Health
A range of natural earth materials, like arsenic or fluoride, have long been linked to significant human health effects. Improved understanding of the pervasive and complex interactions between earth …
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€40.75
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Assess the Performance of Engineered Barriers: Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers
President Carters 1980 declaration of a state of emergency at Love Canal, New York, recognized that residents health had been affected by nearby chemical waste sites. The Resource Conservation and …
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€51.66
Committee on Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Recognition and Alleviation of Distress in Laboratory Animals
Scientific advances in our understanding of animal physiology and behavior often require theories to be revised and standards of practice to be updated to improve laboratory animal welfare. This new …
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€44.82
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development …
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€24.88
Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the future, and …
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€44.84
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects: Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects
The generation of electricity by wind energy has the potential to reduce environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels. Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing …
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€79.89
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars: Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars
Three recent developments have greatly increased interest in the search for life on Mars. The first is new information about the Martian environment including evidence of a watery past and the …
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€38.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
Attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Oklahoma City and other places indicate that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the weapons of choice of terrorists throughout the world. Scientists and …
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€24.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Full-System Testing and Evaluation of Personal Protection Equipment Ensembles in Simulated Chemical-Warfare Environments: Soldier Protective Clothing and Equipment
There is an ongoing need to test and ensure effectiveness of personal protective equipment that soldiers use to protect themselves against chemical warfare agents. However, testing using human …
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€47.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats
Protecting buildings and their occupants from biological and chemical attacks to ensure continuous building operations is seen as an urgent need in the Department of Defense, given recent …
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€42.23
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites
Some of the nation’s estuaries, lakes and other water bodies contain contaminated sediments that can adversely affect fish and wildlife and may then find their way into people’s diets. Dredging is …
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€53.53
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents: Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century
Advances in molecular biology and toxicology are paving the way for major improvements in the evaluation of the hazards posed by the large number of chemicals found at low levels in the environment. …
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€42.60
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process: Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making
Many regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. Models help EPA explain environmental phenomena in settings where direct …
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€68.99
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3, "Weather and Cli
This National Research Council (NRC) report reviews a draft of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.3, Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate, …
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€24.71
Committee on Radiation Source Use and Replacement & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Radiation Source Use and Replacement
In the United States there are several thousand devices containing high-activity radiation sources licensed for use in areas ranging from medical uses such as cancer therapy to safety uses such as …
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€58.08
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Coal
Coal 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, …
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€43.01
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Land Parcel Databases: A National Vision: National Land Parcel Data
Land parcel data (also known as cadastral data) provide geographically referenced information about the rights, interests, and ownership of land and are an important part of the financial, legal, and …
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€59.70
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat: Review of the Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposures to Depleted Uran
Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been …
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€46.40
Committee to Review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology’s Research Priorities Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy
Ocean research offers countless benefits, from improving fisheries management to discovering new drugs to enabling early detection of tsunamis and hurricanes. At the request of the Joint Subcommittee …
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€33.93
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine: Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation
Nearly 20 million nuclear medicine procedures are carried out each year in the United States alone to diagnose and treat cancers, cardiovascular disease, and certain neurological disorders. Many of …
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€55.92
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Extending Observations and Research Results to Practical Applications: A Review of NASA’s Approach: Assessment of the NASA Applied Sciences Program
Remote sensing data and models from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are the basis for a wide spectrum of scientific research endeavors and are key inputs to many public and …
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€40.94
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Scientific Accomplishments of Earth Observations from Space: Earth Observations from Space
Over the past 50 years, thousands of satellites have been sent into space on missions to collect data about the Earth. Today, the ability to forecast weather, climate, and natural hazards depends …
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€41.12
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols
Biological warfare agent (BWA) detectors are designed to provide alerts to military personnel of the presence of dangerous biological agents. Detecting such agents promptly makes it possible to …
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€30.07
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Research Priorities for the USGS Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science: Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey
Comprehensive and authoritative baseline geospatial data content is crucial to the nation and to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS founded its Center of Excellence for Geospatial …
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€45.24
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures: Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
Beryllium is an important metal that is used in a number of industries-including the defense, aerospace, automotive, medical, and electronics industries-because of its exceptional strength, …
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€34.21
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Environmental Data Management at NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects, manages, and disseminates a wide range of climate, weather, ecosystem and other environmental data that are used by scientists, …
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€38.46
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Interventions That Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers
Minority groups are severely underrepresented in the scientific workforce. To encourage minorities to pursue careers in research, a variety of "intervention programs" have been created at …
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€24.91
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biological Sciences in the 21st Century: Role of Theory in Advancing 21st-Century Biology
Although its importance is not always recognized, theory is an integral part of all biological research. Biologists’ theoretical and conceptual frameworks inform every step of their research, …
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€51.97
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those …
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€77.62
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Critical Mineral Impacts of the U.S. Economy: Minerals, Critical Minerals, and the U.S. Economy
Minerals are part of virtually every product we use. Common examples include copper used in electrical wiring and titanium used to make airplane frames and paint pigments. The Information Age has …
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€44.92
Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the use of wireless communications devices and a great deal of research has been carried out to investigate possible biological or human health …
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€25.08
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment
The new field of toxicogenomics presents a potentially powerful set of tools to better understand the health effects of exposures to toxicants in the environment. At the request of the National …
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€71.12
Committee on Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
National interests in greater energy independence, concurrent with favorable market forces, have driven increased production of corn-based ethanol in the United States and research into the next …
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€34.57
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations: Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations
In response to a request from the U.S. Army, a committee convened by the National Research Council (NRC) conducted the first in a sequence of studies evaluating the combined health effects of …
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€21.25
Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts
Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. But growth of coastal populations and increasing demands on marine resources are putting …
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€45.25
Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation’s best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river …
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€61.40
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology
Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant genome sciences are essential …
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€45.10
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research
Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a …
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€36.16
Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water
Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to store water. Society has historically relied on …
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€55.74
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Test and Evaluation of Biological Standoff Detection Systems
A biological warfare agent (BWA) is a microorganism, or a toxin derived from a living organism, that causes disease in humans, plants, or animals or that causes the deterioration of material. The …
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€17.44
Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters
Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. Effective water management requires tracking the inflow, outflow, quantity and quality of ground-water and surface …
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€53.97
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy
Faced with the steady rise in energy costs, dwindling fossil fuel supplies, and the need to maintain a healthy environment – exploration of alternative energy sources is essential for meeting energy …
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€25.08
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin
The Klamath River basin, which spans parts of southern Oregon and northern California, has been the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water. Management actions to protect …
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€64.65
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program is in the process of producing 21 draft assessments that investigate changes in the Earth’s climate and related systems. These assessments are designed to …
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€24.80
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A new book from the National Research Council recommends changes in how the federal government evaluates the efficiency of research at EPA and other agencies. Assessing efficiency should be …
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€40.59
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government’s plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are …
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€38.48
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Inspired by Biology
Scientists have long desired to create synthetic systems that function with the precision and efficiency of biological systems. Using new techniques, researchers are now uncovering principles that …
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€68.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences: Origin and Evolution of Earth
Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet’s history and processes could improve the …
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€45.10
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the NIOSH Respiratory Disease Research Program: Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH
Respiratory diseases caused by exposures to dangerous materials in the workplace have tremendous implications for worker health and, by extension, the national economy. The National Institute for …
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€55.74
Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Desalination
There has been an exponential increase in desalination capacity both globally and nationally since 1960, fueled in part by growing concern for local water scarcity and made possible to a great extent …
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€51.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure: Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution
In light of recent evidence on the relationship of ozone to mortality and questions about its implications for benefit analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the National Research …
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€56.98
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that …
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€46.01
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA: Science and Decisions
Risk assessment has become a dominant public policy tool for making choices, based on limited resources, to protect public health and the environment. It has been instrumental to the mission of the …
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€64.85
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology
Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and are considering whether the putative …
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€24.88
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildlife, and Habitat
Since the first commercial introduction of transgenic corn plants in 1995, biotechnology has provided enormous benefits to agricultural crop production. Research is underway to develop a much broader …
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€32.81
Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape
Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation’s clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that …
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€48.52
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Economic Development and Current Status of the Sheep Industry in the United States: Changes in the Sheep Industry in the United States
The U.S. sheep industry is complex, multifaceted, and rooted in history and tradition. The dominant feature of sheep production in the United States, and, thus, the focus of much producer and policy …
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€86.14
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: 2008 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€24.92
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array Radar Planning Process: Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array Radar Planning Process
The Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) is one potentially cost-effective solution to meet the surveillance needs and of several agencies currently using decades-old radar networks. These …
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€29.37
Committee on the Potential Impact of High-End Computing on Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
Many federal funding requests for more advanced computer resources assume implicitly that greater computing power creates opportunities for advancement in science and engineering. This has often been …
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€45.21
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor …
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American Association for the Advancement of Science & Board on Life Sciences: Survey of Attitudes and Actions on Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences
The same technologies that fuel scientific advances also pose potential risks–that the knowledge, tools, and techniques gained through legitimate biotechnology research could be misused to create …
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€100.37
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures: Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
Beryllium is a lightweight metal that is used for its exceptional strength and high heat-absorbing capability. Beryllium and its alloys can be found in many important technologies in the defense and …
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€48.86
Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the …
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€62.23
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations: Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations
To determine whether the air quality inside armored-vehicle cabins can meet exposure guidelines under deployment conditions, the Army assessed possible synergistic toxic effects from potentially …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
This book is the second biennial evaluation of progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the …
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€77.06
Committee to Review the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Health Hazard Evaluation Program at NIOSH
It is the unique mission of the Health Hazard Evaluation Program within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to respond to requests to investigate potential occupational …
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€56.65
Committee on International Security and Arms Control & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation considerations are not …
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€52.85
Committee on the Effectiveness of International and National Measures to Prevent and Reduce Marine Debris and Its Impacts & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century
Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine …
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€56.22
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change: Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
The world’s climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many …
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€30.16
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
This book is the seventh volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and includes AEGLs for acetone cyanohydrin, carbon disulfide, monochloroacetic acid, and …
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€62.30
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management: Riparian Areas
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and …
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€68.53
Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s B
California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California’s water from the state’s wetter northern regions to its …
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€33.21
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great …
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€42.23
Committee on Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals
The use of animals in research adheres to scientific and ethical principles that promote humane care and practice. Scientific advances in our understanding of animal physiology and behavior often …
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€44.88
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
NASA maintains an active interest in the environmental conditions associated with living and working in spacecraft and identifying hazards that might adversely affect the health and well-being of …
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€52.80
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates: Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment
People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides …
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€53.18
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
NASA is aware of the potential toxicologic hazards to crew that might be associated with prolonged spacecraft missions. Despite major engineering advances in controlling the atmosphere within …
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€89.27
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of the Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program: Catalysis for Energy
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the investment in catalysis basic research by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Catalysis Science Program. Catalysis …
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€39.99
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced …
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€25.10
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Developing Mesoscale Meteorological Observational Capabilities to Meet Multiple National Needs: Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up
Detailed weather observations on local and regional levels are essential to a range of needs from forecasting tornadoes to making decisions that affect energy security, public health and safety, …
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€56.55
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico
A large area of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences seasonal conditions of low levels of dissolved oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. Excess discharge of nutrients into the …
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€24.92
Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium
This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope …
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€56.18
Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems facing the world today. Policy decisions are already being made to limit or adapt to climate change and its impacts, but …
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€65.37
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World
During the next ten years, colleges of agriculture will be challenged to transform their role in higher education and their relationship to the evolving global food and agricultural enterprise. If …
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€52.01
Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Advice on the Department of Energy’s Cleanup Technology Roadmap
Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the Cold War, the United States government constructed and operated a massive industrial complex to produce and test nuclear weapons and …
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€68.74
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Intrinsic Remediation: Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation
In the past decade, officials responsible for clean-up of contaminated groundwater have increasingly turned to natural attenuation-essentially allowing naturally occurring processes to reduce the …
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€72.33
Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its …
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€60.34
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Under the Weather
Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a change in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease. With today’s technology, some hope that it will be …
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€54.81
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments: Risk-Management Strategy for PCB-Contaminated Sediments
This book provides a risk-based framework for developing and implementing strategies to manage PCB-contaminated sediments at sites around the country. The framework has seven stages, beginning with …
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€73.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses: Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act
Recognizing the importance of wetland protection, the Bush administration in 1988 endorsed the goal of no net loss of wetlands. Specifically, it directed that filling of wetlands should be avoided, …
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€83.56
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Abrupt Climate Change: Abrupt Climate Change
The climate record for the past 100, 000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic–and often extreme–shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of …
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€66.34
Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals
For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The …
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€60.29
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Status of and Future Directions in U.S. Weather Modification Research and Operations: Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs. Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In this, the latest National …
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€58.79
Committee to Review the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap
The Bureau of Reclamation and Sandia National Laboratories jointly developed the Roadmap to serve as a strategic research pathway for desalination and water purification technologies to meet future …
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€57.42
Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Valuing Ecosystem Services
Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, …
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€65.90
Committee on Source Removal of Contaminants in the Subsurface & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Contaminants in the Subsurface
At hundreds of thousands of commercial, industrial, and military sites across the country, subsurface materials including groundwater are contaminated with chemical waste. The last decade has seen …
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€91.09
Committee on Characterizing Biologically Significant Marine Mammal Behavior & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise
Attention has been drawn to the subject of how ocean noise affects marine mammals by a series of marine mammal strandings, lawsuits, and legislative hearings, and most recently, the report from the …
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€58.83
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earths energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, …
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€59.91
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow …
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€62.87
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on EPA’s Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds: Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency did not sufficiently …
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€83.03
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants: Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals
Biomonitoring—a method for measuring amounts of toxic chemicals in human tissues—is a valuable tool for studying potentially harmful environmental chemicals. Biomonitoring data have been …
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€91.06
Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. Distribution systems — consisting of pipes, pumps, valves, storage tanks, reservoirs, …
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€112.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Assess the Performance of Engineered Barriers: Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers
President Carters 1980 declaration of a state of emergency at Love Canal, New York, recognized that residents health had been affected by nearby chemical waste sites. The Resource Conservation and …
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€60.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects: Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects
The generation of electricity by wind energy has the potential to reduce environmental impacts caused by the use of fossil fuels. Although the use of wind energy to generate electricity is increasing …
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€82.35
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites
Some of the nation’s estuaries, lakes and other water bodies contain contaminated sediments that can adversely affect fish and wildlife and may then find their way into people’s diets. Dredging is …
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€74.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents: Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century
Advances in molecular biology and toxicology are paving the way for major improvements in the evaluation of the hazards posed by the large number of chemicals found at low levels in the environment. …
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€60.29
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Coal
Coal 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, …
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€60.24
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine: Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation
Nearly 20 million nuclear medicine procedures are carried out each year in the United States alone to diagnose and treat cancers, cardiovascular disease, and certain neurological disorders. Many of …
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€83.65
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biological Sciences in the 21st Century: Role of Theory in Advancing 21st-Century Biology
Although its importance is not always recognized, theory is an integral part of all biological research. Biologists’ theoretical and conceptual frameworks inform every step of their research, …
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€73.39
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Achievements of the National Plant Genome Initiative and New Horizons in Plant Biology
Life on Earth would be impossible without plants. Humans rely on plants for most clothing, furniture, food, as well as for many pharmaceuticals and other products. Plant genome sciences are essential …
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€65.20
Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water
Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to store water. Society has historically relied on …
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€82.84
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Test and Evaluation of Biological Standoff Detection Systems
A biological warfare agent (BWA) is a microorganism, or a toxin derived from a living organism, that causes disease in humans, plants, or animals or that causes the deterioration of material. The …
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€25.62
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin
The Klamath River basin, which spans parts of southern Oregon and northern California, has been the focus of a prominent conflict over competing uses for water. Management actions to protect …
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€82.94
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Inspired by Biology
Scientists have long desired to create synthetic systems that function with the precision and efficiency of biological systems. Using new techniques, researchers are now uncovering principles that …
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€72.32
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences: Origin and Evolution of Earth
Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet’s history and processes could improve the …
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€60.29
Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape
Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation’s clean water supply. Removing forest cover accelerates the rate that …
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€67.40
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Economic Development and Current Status of the Sheep Industry in the United States: Changes in the Sheep Industry in the United States
The U.S. sheep industry is complex, multifaceted, and rooted in history and tradition. The dominant feature of sheep production in the United States, and, thus, the focus of much producer and policy …
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€97.36
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update: Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence
In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide …
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€67.82
Committee on the Potential Impact of High-End Computing on Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Potential Impact of High-End Capability Computing on Four Illustrative Fields of Science and Engineering
Many federal funding requests for more advanced computer resources assume implicitly that greater computing power creates opportunities for advancement in science and engineering. This has often been …
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€64.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune: Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune
In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and …
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€79.34
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern …
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€54.29
Committee on Oceanography in 2025: A Workshop & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oceanography in 2025
On January 8 and 9, 2009, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research, hosted the "Oceanography in 2025" workshop. …
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€51.88
Committee on the Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation’s Tsunami Preparedness & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tsunami Warning and Preparedness
Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning capabilities. Since …
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€73.65
Committee on the Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products
During the 1990s, a government program brought together environmental scientists and members of the intelligence community to consider how classified assets and data could be applied to further the …
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€17.32
Committee on Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats in Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats in Research
Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats in Research examines the value of random-source animals in biomedical research and the role of Class B dealers who acquire and …
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€40.69
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects: New Orleans Hurricane Protection System
Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation’s most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of …
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€24.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: An Update: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory–the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice–now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an …
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€116.00
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Shellfish Mariculture in Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
When Drakes Estero, which lies within the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) about 25 miles northwest of San Francisco, California, was designated by Congress in 1976 as Potential Wilderness, it …
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€39.84
Committee on Water Resources Activities at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future
Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, …
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€37.70
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data
Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements …
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€24.72
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry
To improve screening of containerized cargo for nuclear and radiological material that might be entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to deploy new …
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€24.91
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes: Landscapes on the Edge
During geologic spans of time, Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth’s surface features. The resulting hills, …
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€44.44
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects: New Orleans Hurricane Protection System
Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation’s most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of …
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€36.07
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
This book is the seventh volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and includes AEGLs for acetone cyanohydrin, carbon disulfide, monochloroacetic acid, and …
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€90.97
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced …
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€35.90
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Shellfish Mariculture in Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
When Drakes Estero, which lies within the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) about 25 miles northwest of San Francisco, California, was designated by Congress in 1976 as Potential Wilderness, it …
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€56.23
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is the identification of the relationships and attributes of members, key actors, and groups that social networks comprise. The National Research Council, at the request …
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€30.39
Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Final Report from the NRC Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) draft final technical report in March, 2009. In response to federal legislation, the Corps had to …
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€24.91
Committee on Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium
This book is the product of a congressionally mandated study to examine the feasibility of eliminating the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU2) in reactor fuel, reactor targets, and medical isotope …
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€83.01
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico
A large area of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences seasonal conditions of low levels of dissolved oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. Excess discharge of nutrients into the …
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€36.41
American Association for the Advancement of Science & Board on Life Sciences: Survey of Attitudes and Actions on Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences
The same technologies that fuel scientific advances also pose potential risks–that the knowledge, tools, and techniques gained through legitimate biotechnology research could be misused to create …
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€106.13
Committee on the Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products
During the 1990s, a government program brought together environmental scientists and members of the intelligence community to consider how classified assets and data could be applied to further the …
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€18.26
Committee to Review the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida, containing extensive freshwater wetlands, numerous large lakes, a wide estuarine channel, and a correspondingly diverse array of native flora and …
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€24.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience
Social Network Analysis (SNA) is the identification of the relationships and attributes of members, key actors, and groups that social networks comprise. The National Research Council, at the request …
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€44.07
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune: Contaminated Water Supplies at Camp Lejeune
In the early 1980s, two water-supply systems on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found to be contaminated with the industrial solvents trichloroethylene (TCE) and …
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€112.74
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air …
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€50.46
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants: Global Sources of Local Pollution
Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants …
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€54.26
Committee on Water Resources Activities at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future
Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, …
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€54.30
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data
Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements …
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€36.22
Committee to Review the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
The St. Johns River is the longest river in Florida, containing extensive freshwater wetlands, numerous large lakes, a wide estuarine channel, and a correspondingly diverse array of native flora and …
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€36.18
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution: New Biology for the 21st Century
Now more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major challenges confronting the United States and the world. A New Biology for the 21st Century …
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€34.69
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins: Responsible Research with Biological Select Agents and Toxins
The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicine–including the development of vaccines, drugs, and other …
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€36.98
Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science at Sea
The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies …
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€35.94
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air …
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€72.29
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on America’s Climate Choices: America’s Climate Choices
Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these …
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€34.57
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Advancing the Science of Climate Change
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for–and in many cases is already affecting–a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling …
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€58.09
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
Across the United States, impacts of climate change are already evident. Heat waves have become more frequent and intense, cold extremes have become less frequent, and patterns of rainfall are likely …
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€58.10
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
Global climate change is one of America’s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity–especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, …
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€58.50
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
Climate change, driven by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The …
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€58.45
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Hidden Costs of Energy
Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects are …
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€54.29
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture
U.S. mariculture production of bivalve molluscs-those cultivated in the marine environment-has roughly doubled over the last 25 years. Although mariculture operations may expand the production of …
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€49.43
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability: Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States
Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, …
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€56.87
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences
Traditionally, the natural sciences have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences. Today, an increasing number of scientists are addressing problems lying at …
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€37.25
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on a New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution: New Biology for the 21st Century
Now more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the major challenges confronting the United States and the world. A New Biology for the 21st Century …
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€49.81
Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science at Sea
The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies …
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€51.54
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution: Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution
The 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 …
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€37.67
Committee on Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats in Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random Source Dogs and Cats in Research
Scientific and Humane Issues in the Use of Random-Source Dogs and Cats in Research examines the value of random-source animals in biomedical research and the role of Class B dealers who acquire and …
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€58.79
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Assessment of the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrate as a Future Energy Resource: Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for t
Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced. In recent years, …
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€49.11
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the …
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€75.56
Committee on Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals
The use of animals in research adheres to scientific and ethical principles that promote humane care and practice. Scientific advances in our understanding of animal physiology and behavior often …
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€58.85
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
H1N1 ("swine flu"), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern …
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€75.45
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins: Responsible Research with Biological Select Agents and Toxins
The effort to understand and combat infectious diseases has, during the centuries, produced many key advances in science and medicine–including the development of vaccines, drugs, and other …
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€54.10
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants: Global Sources of Local Pollution
Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants …
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€75.99
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries: Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries
There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement …
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€38.95
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade: Understanding the Changing Planet
From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth’s surface. With Earth’s population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 …
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€51.26
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Toxicological Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene
Tetrachloroethylene is a volatile, chlorinated organic hydrocarbon that is widely used as a solvent in the dry-cleaning and textile-processing industries and as an agent for degreasing metal parts. …
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€49.35
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development …
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€36.19
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience: Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) on the United States prompted a rethinking of how the United States prepares for disasters. Federal policy documents written since 9/11 have …
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€24.90
Board on Life Sciences & Committee to Review the Health and Safety Risks of High-Biocontainment Laboratories at Fort Detrick: Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High-Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, is designed to handle pathogens that cause serious or potentially lethal diseases, which require the research …
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€24.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences
Traditionally, the natural sciences have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences. Today, an increasing number of scientists are addressing problems lying at …
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€54.29
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations: Climate Stabilization Targets
Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth’s climate. Because carbon dioxide in the …
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€54.35
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability: Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability
More accurate forecasts of climate conditions over time periods of weeks to a few years could help people plan agricultural activities, mitigate drought, and manage energy resources, amongst other …
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€50.18
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing): Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry
Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus-producing …
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€76.89
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The world’s nations are moving toward agreements that will bind us together in an effort to limit future greenhouse gas emissions. With such agreements will come the need for all nations to make …
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€34.57
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture
U.S. mariculture production of bivalve molluscs-those cultivated in the marine environment-has roughly doubled over the last 25 years. Although mariculture operations may expand the production of …
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€72.36
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Toxicological Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene
Tetrachloroethylene is a volatile, chlorinated organic hydrocarbon that is widely used as a solvent in the dry-cleaning and textile-processing industries and as an agent for degreasing metal parts. …
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€70.89
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution: Understanding Climate’s Influence on Human Evolution
The 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 …
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€54.27
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Progress and Priorities of U.S. Weather Research and Research-to-Operations Activities: When Weather Matters
The past 15 years have seen marked progress in observing, understanding, and predicting weather. At the same time, the United States has failed to match or surpass progress in operational numerical …
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€51.61
Committee on the Review of Sea-Turtle Population Assessment Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends
All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding …
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€46.75
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes: Landscapes on the Edge
During geologic spans of time, Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth’s surface features. The resulting hills, …
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€63.68
Committee on the Review of Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan
One of the most critical issues facing the United States today is the proper management of our water resources. Water availability and quality are changing due to increasing population, urbanization, …
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€24.88
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Considerations for Ensuring Safety and Efficacy of Vaccines and Therapeutic Proteins Manufactured by Using Platform Approaches
A major goal of the US Department of Defense (DOD) Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) is to develop countermeasures that will protect military personnel against bioweapons, …
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€17.34
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease (Huanglongbing): Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry
Citrus greening, a disease that reduces yield, compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit and eventually kills the citrus tree, is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus-producing …
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€82.38
Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ocean Acidification
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to …
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€36.83
Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
A 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 …
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€23.21
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee for Review of the DOD’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report: Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report
Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Their exposures were largely the result of daily …
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€33.21
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity-Pathway-Based Risk Assessment
In 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, …
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€39.20
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the Western United States
In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methane–the main component of natural gas–fixed to coal surfaces and within the coal. In a coalbed methane (CBM) well, pumping water from …
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€44.92
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Hidden Costs of Energy
Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects are …
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€76.00
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability: Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States
Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, …
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€83.11
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Advancing the Science of Climate Change
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for–and in many cases is already affecting–a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling …
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€60.89
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
Climate change, driven by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The …
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€60.41
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Final Report of the National Academies’ Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee and 2010 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the book, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€24.88
Board on Life Sciences & Committee to Review the Health and Safety Risks of High-Biocontainment Laboratories at Fort Detrick: Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High-Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Frederick, Maryland, is designed to handle pathogens that cause serious or potentially lethal diseases, which require the research …
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€36.50
Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oil Spill Dispersants
Approximately 3 million gallons of oil or refined petroleum products are spilled into U.S. waters every year. Oil dispersants (chemical agents such as surfactants, solvents, and other compounds) are …
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€72.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity-Pathway-Based Risk Assessment
In 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, …
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€55.80
Committee on the Review of Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan
One of the most critical issues facing the United States today is the proper management of our water resources. Water availability and quality are changing due to increasing population, urbanization, …
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€36.24
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade: Understanding the Changing Planet
From the oceans to continental heartlands, human activities have altered the physical characteristics of Earth’s surface. With Earth’s population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 …
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€73.01
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century
In the last 20 years, there has been a remarkable emergence of innovations and technological advances that are generating promising changes and opportunities for sustainable agriculture, yet at the …
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€113.17
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The world’s nations are moving toward agreements that will bind us together in an effort to limit future greenhouse gas emissions. With such agreements will come the need for all nations to make …
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€49.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Assessment of the Department of Energy’s Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrate as a Future Energy Resource: Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for t
Natural gas, composed mostly of methane, is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels, emitting 25-50% less carbon dioxide than either oil or coal for each unit of energy produced. In recent years, …
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€71.26
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: Precise Geodetic Infrastructure
Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field, as well as the changes of …
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€56.53
Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s B
California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California’s water from the state’s wetter northern regions to its …
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€48.25
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Final Report of the National Academies’ Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee and 2010 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the book, Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€36.16
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences
The Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences workshop was held to engage the life sciences community on the particular security issues related to research …
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€29.66
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) within the Department of Defense has the primary mission of providing timely, relevant, and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial …
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€24.87
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts
The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand for resources and …
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€33.69
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Scientific Milestones for the Development of a Gene Sequence-Based Classification System for the Oversight of Select Agents: Sequence-Based Classification of Select Agents
Select Agents are defined in regulations through a list of names of particularly dangerous known bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, natural variation and intentional genetic modification …
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€59.51
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee for Review of the DOD’s Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report: Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report
Soldiers deployed during the 1991 Persian Gulf War were exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter (PM) and other airborne pollutants. Their exposures were largely the result of daily …
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€48.25
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
This book is the ninth volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and reviews AEGLs for bromine, ethylene oxide, furan, hydrogen sulfide, propylene oxide, …
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€103.28
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) within the Department of Defense has the primary mission of providing timely, relevant, and accurate imagery, imagery intelligence, and geospatial …
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€35.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the …
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€76.89
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability: Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability
More accurate forecasts of climate conditions over time periods of weeks to a few years could help people plan agricultural activities, mitigate drought, and manage energy resources, amongst other …
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€72.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries: Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries
There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement …
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€56.23
Committee on the Review of Sea-Turtle Population Assessment Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends
All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding …
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€66.99
Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ocean Acidification
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to …
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€72.95
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Implementing the New Biology
As the second decade of the 21st century begins, the challenge of how to feed a growing world population and provide sustainable, affordable energy to fulfill daily needs, while also improving human …
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€25.05
Committee on Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Missouri River Planning
Historically, the flow of sediment in the Missouri River has been as important as the flow of water for a variety of river functions. The sediment has helped form a dynamic network of islands, …
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€44.57
Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they …
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€33.21
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience: Building Community Disaster Resilience Through Private-Public Collaboration
Natural disasters–including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods–caused more than 220, 000 deaths worldwide in the first half of 2010 and wreaked havoc on homes, buildings, and …
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€40.69
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
This book is the ninth volume in the series Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, and reviews AEGLs for bromine, ethylene oxide, furan, hydrogen sulfide, propylene oxide, …
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€105.43
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Evaluation of a Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security’s Planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
Congress requested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) produce a site-specific biosafety and biosecurity risk assessment (SSRA) of the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility …
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€41.46
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Scientific Milestones for the Development of a Gene Sequence-Based Classification System for the Oversight of Select Agents: Sequence-Based Classification of Select Agents
Select Agents are defined in regulations through a list of names of particularly dangerous known bacteria, viruses, toxins, and fungi. However, natural variation and intentional genetic modification …
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€82.84
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the Western United States
In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methane–the main component of natural gas–fixed to coal surfaces and within the coal. In a coalbed methane (CBM) well, pumping water from …
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€63.26
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts
The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand for resources and …
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€48.29
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: Precise Geodetic Infrastructure
Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in space, and its gravity field, as well as the changes of …
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€83.65
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate …
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€35.64
Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts
Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. But growth of coastal populations and increasing demands on marine resources are putting …
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€64.81
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Land Parcel Databases: A National Vision: National Land Parcel Data
Land parcel data (also known as cadastral data) provide geographically referenced information about the rights, interests, and ownership of land and are an important part of the financial, legal, and …
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€82.88
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Population: Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises
Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics, and locations of these populations …
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€83.03
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Benchmarking of U.S. Chemical Engineering Research Competitiveness
More than $400 billion worth of products rely on innovations in chemistry. Chemical engineering, as an academic discipline and profession, has enabled this achievement. In response to growing …
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€90.46
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Benchmarking the Research Competitiveness of the United States in Chemistry: Future of U.S. Chemistry Research
Chemistry plays a key role in conquering diseases, solving energy problems, addressing environmental problems, providing the discoveries that lead to new industries, and developing new materials and …
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€75.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Earth Materials and Health
A range of natural earth materials, like arsenic or fluoride, have long been linked to significant human health effects. Improved understanding of the pervasive and complex interactions between earth …
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€58.83
Committee on Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts
Like ocean beaches, sheltered coastal areas experience land loss from erosion and sea level rise. In response, property owners often install hard structures such as bulkheads as a way to prevent …
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€66.27
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Status of Pollinators in North America
Pollinators–insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction–are an essential part of natural and agricultural …
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€90.44
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants: New Source Review for Stationary Sources of Air Pollution
The Clean Air Act established a pair of programs"known as New Source Review (NSR)"that regulate large stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories and electricity-generating …
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€105.68
Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Facing Hazards and Disasters
Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed greatly to society’s ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by …
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€90.46
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging: Visualizing Chemistry
Scientists and engineers have long relied on the power of imaging techniques to help see objects invisible to the naked eye, and thus, to advance scientific knowledge. These experts are constantly …
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€82.88
Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase II aÂ& Assessments of the Extent of Change and the Implications for Policy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems
Recent scientific literature has raised many concerns about whether fisheries have caused more extensive changes to marine populations and ecosystems than previously realized or predicted. In many …
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€65.27
Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research …
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€63.40
Committee on Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals
Arranging the transportation of animals at research facilities is often an ordeal. There is a confusing patchwork of local, national, and international regulations; a perceived lack of high-quality …
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€54.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ecological Impacts of Road Density: Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
All phases of road development"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenance"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants …
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€98.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents: Toxicity Testing for Assessment of Environmental Agents
Toxicity testing in laboratory animals provides much of the information used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess the hazards and risks associated with exposure to environmental …
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€65.87
Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drawing Louisiana’s New Map
During the past 50 years, coastal Louisiana has suffered catastrophic land loss due to both natural and human causes. This loss has increased storm vulnerability and amplified risks to lives, …
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€64.86
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the National Needs for Research in Veterinary Science: Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science
Research in veterinary science is critical for the health and well-being of animals, including humans. Food safety, emerging infectious diseases, the development of new therapies, and the possibility …
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€65.28
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Assessing the Nation’s Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases: Animal Health at the Crossroads
The confirmed case of "mad cow" disease (BSE) in June 2005 illustrates the economic impact of disease outbreaks, as additional countries closed their markets to U.S. beef and beef products. …
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€66.36
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d’ Alene River Basin: Superfund and Mining Megasites
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d Alene River Basin has been known as "The Silver Valley" for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States. …
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€120.55
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: Improved Seismic Monitoring – Improved Decision-Making
Improved Seismic Monitoring"Improved Decision-Making, describes and assesses the varied economic benefits potentially derived from modernizing and expanding seismic monitoring activities in the …
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€73.80
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Standards and Policies for Decontaminating Public Facilities Affected by Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents: How Clean Is Safe?: Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack
The anthrax attacks in fall 2001 spurred an extensive and costly decontamination effort where many decisions had to be made about which sites required cleanup, what method to use, how to determine …
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€60.44
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program: Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from …
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€105.65
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Twelfth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs), as defined in the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, …
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€36.18
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste: Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manages dozens of sites across the nation that focus on research, design, and production of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors for defense applications. …
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€59.91
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Geological Record of Ecological Dynamics
In order to answer important questions about ecosystems and biodiversity, scientists can look to the past geological record"which includes fossils, sediment and ice cores, and tree rings. …
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€68.87
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Utilization of Operational Environmental Satellite Data
The system of satellites in place to provide environmental data-data to monitor events such as forest fires and floods; to make weather predictions; and to assess crops, transportation impacts, …
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€70.86
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Development of Science-based Guidelines for Laboratory Animal Care
The Development of Science-based Guidelines for Laboratory Animal Care is the summary of an international workshop held in Washington, DC, in November 2003 to bring together experts from around the …
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€82.35
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review the Activities Authorized Under the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000: Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the United States
Methane hydrate is a natural form of clathrate – a chemical substance in which one molecule forms a lattice around a "guest" molecule with chemical bonding. In this clathrate, the guest …
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€74.00
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Genomics Databases for Bioterrorism Threat Agents: Seeking Security
Within the last 30 years, the genomes of thousands of organisms, from viruses, to bacteria, to humans, have been sequenced or partially sequenced and deposited in databases freely accessible to …
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€25.61
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review NASA’s Solid-Earth Science Strategy: Review of NASA’s Solid-Earth Science Strategy
The report reviews NASA’s solid-earth science strategy, placing particular emphasis on observational strategies for measuring surface deformation, high-resolution topography, surface properties, and …
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€36.22
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Review of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Research and Restoration Plan for Salmon: Developing a Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska have created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource. In 2002, the …
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€60.83
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Licensing Geographic Data and Services: Licensing Geographic Data and Services
Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range of applications ranging from emergency response to land-use planning to location-based services. In the past, government …
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€121.53
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce
Globalization"the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international borders"is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. …
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€36.24
Committee on Defining Best Scientific Information Available for Fisheries Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Use of the "Best Scientific Information Available" Standard in Fisheries Management
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the best scientific information available in the preparation of federal fishery management …
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€51.61
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes
Human-induced climate change is an important environmental issue worldwide, as scientific studies increasingly demonstrate that human activities are changing the Earths climate. Even if dramatic …
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€35.94
Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Confronting the Nation’s Water Problems
In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is …
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€83.40
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens: Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens
Recent and forecasted advances in microbiology, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry have made it timely to reassess the current paradigm of relying predominantly or exclusively on traditional …
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€90.19
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques: Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques
Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques examines the scientific techniques currently used as the basis for explosives detection and determines whether other techniques might …
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€60.28
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Water and Sustainable Development
Experts in the areas of water science and chemistry from the government, industry, and academic arenas discussed ways to maximize opportunities for these disciplines to work together to develop and …
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€48.63
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin: Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
The tension between wildlife protection under the Endangered Species Act and water management in the Platte River Basin has existed for more than 25 years. The Platte River provides important habitat …
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€74.86
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Coordinating Committee: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning
From the Executive Summary:There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard …
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€52.71
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Review of the Army’s Technical Guides on Assessing and Managing Chemical Hazards to Deployed Personnel
To guide mission planning, military decision makers need information on the health risks of potential exposures to individual soldiers and their potential impact on mission operations. To help with …
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€75.99
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning
Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planningis part of a larger study that was conducted in response to a request from the U.S. Congress in the Water Resources Development …
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€65.40
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Adaptive Management for Water Resources Project Planning
This book reviews the Corps of Engineers’ experiences to date with the concept of adaptive management and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach. …
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€56.09
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has played a large and important role in shaping water resources systems in the United States since Congress first tasked it in 1824 to improve navigation …
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€70.18
Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program
From 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 …
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€59.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Managing the Columbia River
Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years. Lowest flows tend to occur during summer months …
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€58.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
In 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established regulatory standards to address health risks posed by inhaling tiny particles from smoke, vehicle exhaust, and other sources. At …
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€69.48
Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone
The coastal zone is of enormous importance to the well-being of the nation, as our lives and economy are inextricably linked to the features and activities that occur within this dynamic region. In …
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€49.84
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of the National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk
Landslides occur in all geographic regions of the nation in response to a wide range of conditions and triggering processes that include storms, earthquakes, and human activities. Landslides in the …
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€58.80
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Debra P. Davis: Exploring a Vision
Centuries of scientific advances in agriculture have increased the quantity, quality, and variety of our food supply. Food in the United States is abundant and affordable, incomes are at record …
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€36.14
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park: Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
This interim report assesses issues related to animal management, husbandry, health, and care at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park. The report finds that there are shortcomings …
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€54.27
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison: Forensic Analysis
Since the 1960s, testimony by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in thousands of criminal cases has relied on evidence from Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a …
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€75.38
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 resulted in the death of around 2, 000 residents living near chemical plants and irreversible injuries to more than 20, 000 other residents. These numbers can be …
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€90.37
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Weather Research for Surface Transportation: The Roadway Environment: Where the Weather Meets the Road
<p>Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freezing rain, and other weather conditions can impair the ability of drivers to operate their …
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€49.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Because of the pervasive and substantial decline of Atlantic salmon populations in Maine over the past 150 years, and because they are close to extinction, a comprehensive statewide action should be …
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€73.87
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Health and Medicine
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering within the context of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and disease prevention. Also addressed are chemical and chemical …
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€35.92
Committee on Increasing Veterinary Involvement in Biomedical Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Need and Priorities for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research
The report identified various factors which contributed to creating an unfulfilled need for veterinarians in the biomedical research workforce, including an increase in the number of NIH grants …
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€46.71
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess the Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident: Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident
Radioactive iodines are produced during the operation of nuclear power plants and during the detonation of nuclear weapons. In the event of a radiation incident, radioiodine is one of the …
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€60.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Safe Buildings Program: Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts
The report examines the Environmental Protection Agencys three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states …
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€57.33
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks
During the past decade, scientists have learned much about the complex natural processes that influence climate variability and change, and our ability to model climate has increased significantly. …
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€58.83
Committee on Exploration of the Seas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of the Seas
In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting …
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€83.56
Committee on Cooperative Research in the National Marine Fisheries Service & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Cooperative Research in the National Marine Fisheries Service
In recent years there has been growing interest in having fisheries stakeholders involved in various aspects of fisheries data collection and experimentation. This activity is generally known as …
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€64.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Information and Communications
Since publication of the National Research Council (NRC) reports on chemistry in 1985 and chemical engineering in 1988, 1, 2 dramatic advances in information technology (IT) have totally changed …
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€72.87
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Energy and Transportation
This book, also based on a workshop, assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with novel and existing forms of energy and transportation systems. The book …
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€54.63
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network: Neon
The book endorses the National Science Foundation’s concept of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for providing a nationwide network of facilities and infrastructure for ecological …
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€54.22
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Summary of a Workshop on U.S. Natural Gas Demand, Supply, and Technology
The workshop examined the following three questions: (1) What projections have been made by government agencies for the U.S. supply of and demand for natural gas over the next 10 to 20 years? (2) …
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€54.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Environment
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and …
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€72.36
Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the dramatic decline in the bays native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive Suminoe oysters from Asia. …
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€90.37
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health
The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH …
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€64.81
Committee on the Implementation of a Seafloor Observatory Network for Oceanographic Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enabling Ocean Research in the 21st Century
As the importance of the oceans to society grows, so does the need to understand their variation on many temporal and spatial scales. This need to understand ocean change is compelling scientists to …
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€73.01
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data: Review of NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center
The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA’s mission. It concludes that NGDC is …
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€51.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan
The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and …
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€72.45
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?
The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the …
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€57.28
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Science, Medicine, and Animals
Diseases cause a staggering amount of suffering and death in both people and animals. As a result, human society has committed itself to alleviating this suffering. Toward this goal, biomedical …
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€24.35
Committee on Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
Expanding on the National Research Councils Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this book deals specifically with mammals in neuroscience and behavioral research laboratories. It offers …
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€48.22
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Air Quality Management in the United States
Managing the nations air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, …
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€82.35
Committee on Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates
The field of occupational health and safety constantly changes, especially as it pertains to biomedical research. New infectious hazards are of particular importance at nonhuman-primate facilities. …
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€58.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Materials Count
The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use …
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€41.91
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Research Grants Program: Measure of STAR
The report favorably reviews the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive research grants program, finding that it has yielded significant new findings and knowledge critical for EPA’s …
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€72.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Novel Approaches to Carbon Management
The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Novel Approaches to the Management of Greenhouse Gases from Energy Systems held a workshop at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, …
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€36.16
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. …
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€106.40
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Materials Science and Technology
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with materials science and identifies challenges for research. Recent advances are blurring the …
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€36.07
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food: Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food
Food safety regulators face a daunting task: crafting food safety performance standards and systems that continue in the tradition of using the best available science to protect the health of the …
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€83.56
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel through the Environmental Management Science Program: Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE’s Excess Nuclea
The production of nuclear materials for the national defense was an intense, nationwide effort that began with the Manhattan Project and continued throughout the Cold War. Now many of these product …
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€53.17
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences
Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts …
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€57.36
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: GIS for Housing and Urban Development
The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing …
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€57.28
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States: End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States (eP
End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in …
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€60.44
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Coping with Increasing Demands on Government Data Centers: Government Data Centers
Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades. However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from …
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€36.16
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
The report evaluates the plan to monitor and assess the condition of Florida’s Everglades as restoration efforts proceed. The report finds that the plan is well grounded in scientific theory and …
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€52.75
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Satellite Observations of the Earth’s Environment
This report addresses the transition of research satellites, instruments, and calculations into operational service for accurately observing and predicting the Earths environment. These transitions, …
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€60.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors: Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors
The report provides an independent assessment of suitable test protocols that might be useful and reliable for the testing and evaluation of standoff chemical agent detectors. The report proposes two …
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€57.68
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska’s North Slope: Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska’s North Slope
This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska’s North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been …
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€150.73
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee for a Workshop on Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Traffic Control: Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Traffic Flow Management
Accurate prediction of convective storms 2- to 6-hours in advance is critical to selecting air traffic routes with minimal weather delays or diversions. This report summarizes the discussions of a …
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€35.92
Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Implementing Climate and Global Change Research
The report reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S. efforts in climate change and global change research. …
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€50.13
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Beyond the Molecular Frontier
Chemistry and chemical engineering have changed significantly in the last decade. They have broadened their scope"into biology, nanotechnology, materials science, computation, and advanced …
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€60.64
Board on Life Sciences & Bridget K. B. Avila: Integrating Research and Education
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" …
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€36.47
Committee on Environmental Information for Naval Use & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Information for Naval Warfare
Accurate and timely environmental information can provide a tactical advantage to U.S. naval forces during warfare. This report analyzes the current environmental information system used by the U.S. …
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€90.58
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Diagnosis and Control of Johne’s Disease: Diagnosis and Control of Johne’s Disease
Johne’s Disease is a chronic, progressive intestinal disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) that affects primarily ruminant animals. In recent decades …
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€82.93
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests: Exposure of the American Population to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests
This report is a review of the draft feasibility study that was issued at the request of Congress by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Over …
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€36.07
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute of Medicine: Describing Death in America
National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of …
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€54.29
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Responsibilities of Authorship in the Biological Sciences: Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials
Biologists communicate to the research community and document their scientific accomplishments by publishing in scholarly journals. This report explores the responsibilities of authors to share data, …
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€67.77
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Principles and Operational Strategies for Staged Repository Systems: One Step at a Time
Compared to other large engineering projects, geologic repositories for high-level waste present distinctive challenges because: 1) they are first-of-a-kind, complex, and long-term projects that must …
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€69.96
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Fair Weather
Decades of evolving U.S. policy have led to three sectors providing weather services"NOAA (primarily the National Weather Service [NWS]), academic institutions, and private companies. This …
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€58.41
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of The National Map: Weaving a National Map
Weaving a National Map draws on contributions to a September 2002 workshop and the U.S. Geological Surveys (USGS) "vision" document for The National Map, envisioned by the USGS as a …
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€65.60
Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities
The number of hazardous waste sites across the United States has grown to approximately 217, 000, with billions of cubic yards of soil, sediment, and groundwater plumes requiring remediation. Sites …
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€74.37
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information
The report explores how best to communicate weather and climate information by presenting five case studies, selected to illustrate a range of time scales and issues, from the forecasting of weather …
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€53.90
Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations & Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources: Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of …
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€83.01
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture: Frontiers in Agricultural Research
This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agricultures Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, the main engine of publicly funded agricultural research …
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€65.46
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Toxicologic Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8
This report provides a critical review of toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other relevant data on jet-propulsion fuel 8, a type of fuel in wide use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and an …
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€66.79
Committee on the Alaska Groundfish Fishery and Steller Sea Lions & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Decline of the Steller Sea Lion in Alaskan Waters
For an unknown reason, the Steller sea lion population in Alaska has declined by 80% over the past three decades. In 2001, the National Research Council began a study to assess the many hypotheses …
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€90.45
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: National Plant Genome Initiative
The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved, and …
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€57.31
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: National Security and Homeland Defense
This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help …
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€52.84
Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments
Bioavailability refers to the extent to which humans and ecological receptors are exposed to contaminants in soil or sediment. The concept of bioavailability has recently piqued the interest of the …
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€90.46
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration
The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than …
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€36.16
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Managing Transuranic and Mixed Wastes at Department of Energy Sites: Research Opportunities for Managing the Department of Energy’s Transuranic and Mixed Wastes
About 155, 000 cubic meters of waste contaminated with both radioactive isotopes and hazardous chemicals are stored at some 30 DOE sites, and another 450, 000 cubic meters are buried. While DOE is …
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€54.25
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Undergraduate Biology Education to Prepare Research Scientists for the 21st Century: BIO2010
Biological sciences have been revolutionized, not only in the way research is conducted — with the introduction of techniques such as recombinant DNA and digital technology — but also in how …
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€49.74
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Science of Earthquakes: Living on an Active Earth
The destructive force of earthquakes has stimulated human inquiry since ancient times, yet the scientific study of earthquakes is a surprisingly recent endeavor. Instrumental recordings of …
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€98.69
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics
Recognizing the important contributions that genomic analysis can make to agriculture, production and companion animal science, evolutionary biology, and human health with respect to the creation of …
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€56.91
Committee on USGS Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Estimating Water Use in the United States
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 the laws regulating …
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€72.29
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Debra P. Davis: Emerging Animal Diseases: Global Markets, Global Safety
Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe and Japan set off alarm bells in the United States and other nations, prompting a flurry of new …
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€57.42
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Program: Century of Ecosystem Science
This report provides guidance to the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) program to help ensure that it is based on a a science plan that is robust, far-reaching, and scientifically sound. The report …
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€48.51
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review Procedures for Water Resources Project Planning
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its civil works program, can take pride in its contributions throughout our nation’s history to the development of waterways infrastructure, navigation, …
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€47.90
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: Down to Earth
In 1992, world leaders adopted Agenda 21, the work program of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development. This landmark event provided a political foundation and action items to …
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€64.94
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments: Integrity in Scientific Research
"Many people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character." — Albert Einstein Integrity in Scientific Research attempts to define and …
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€42.21
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicants and Pathogens in Biosolids Applied to Land: Biosolids Applied to Land
The 1993 regulation (Part 503 Rule) governing the land application of biosolids was established to protect public health and the environment from reasonably anticipated adverse effects. Included in …
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€73.08
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Animal Biotechnology
Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable …
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€58.81
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD: Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD
Weather radar is a vital instrument for observing the atmosphere to help provide weather forecasts and issue weather warnings to the public. The current Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) system …
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€57.85
Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations & Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources: Scientific Basis for Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
This is an interim report of the ad hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations of the National Research Council’s Committee on Animal Nutrition. A final report is expected to be …
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€52.42
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Its Role in the National Marine Fisheries Service
NMFS has a difficult and complex task in managing U.S. marine fisheries. Despite some successes, too many stocks continue to decline. Over the past decade, several problems have been identified that …
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€36.38
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Geoscience Data and Collections
Geoscience data and collections (such as, rock and sediment cores, geophysical data, engineering records, and fossils) are necessary for industries to discover and develop domestic natural resources …
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€54.92
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products: Marine Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century
Dramatic developments in understanding the fundamental underpinnings of life have provided exciting opportunities to make marine bioproducts an important part of the U.S. economy. Several marine …
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€54.64
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle: Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle
In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a research strategy and …
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€25.67
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Hydrologic Science: Report of a Workshop on Predictability and Limits-To-Prediction in Hydrologic Systems
The Committee on Hydrologic Science (COHS) of the National Research Council (NRC) is engaged in studying the priorities and future strategies for hydrologic science. In order to involve a broad …
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€56.24
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park: Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone’s Northern Range
Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstones Northern Range discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. Controversy over the National Park Services approach of "natural …
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€64.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management: Riparian Areas
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and …
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€82.89
Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase 1aÂ&Effects of Bottom Trawling on Seafloor Habitats & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Effects of Trawling and Dredging on Seafloor Habitat
Concerns over the potential ecological effects of fishing have increased with the expansion of fisheries throughout the marine waters of the United States. Effects of Trawling and Dredging on …
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€65.27
Committee to Review the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study
Nearly thirty years ago the Florida Keys were designated as an Area of Critical State Concern. The state recognized that Monroe County contained many valuable natural, environmental, historical, and …
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€67.82
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Animal Nutrition: Scientific Advances in Animal Nutrition
The science of animal nutrition has made significant advances in the past century. In looking back at the discoveries of the 20th century, we can appreciate the tremendous impact that animal …
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€47.06
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Scientific Evaluation of Biological Opinions on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
During 2001, a severe drought occurred in the Klamath River Basin. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) determined that the newly issued biological opinions and their RPAs must prevail; thus, …
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€57.85
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Marine Board: Spills of Emulsified Fuels
Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response is part of an evolving body of work conducted by the National Research Council (NRC) to help inform debate and decision-making regarding the ecological …
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€54.81
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning
Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. It is currently the …
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€58.73
Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Missouri River Ecosystem
The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The …
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€82.35
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Genetic Status of Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Atlantic salmon in Maine, once abundant but now seriously depleted, were listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in November 2000. The listing covers the wild fish in …
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€57.26
Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established the National Water Quality Assesment (NAWQA) program in 1985 to assess water quality conditions and trends in representative river basins and aquifers …
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€60.44
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life: Signs of Life
A workshop to assess the science and technology of life detection techniques was organized by the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL) of the Board on Life Sciences (BLS) and the …
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€36.18
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: Community and Quality of Life
Quality of life . . . livability . . . sense of place. Communities across America are striving to define these terms and to bring them to life, as they make decisions about transportation systems and …
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€74.04
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests
Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive can often cause problems. They cost more than $100 billion per year in crop and timber losses plus …
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€70.40
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Environmental Impacts Associated with Commercialization of Transgenic Plants: Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants
Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental effects. In this new book, a panel of …
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€83.40
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Air Quality in Passenger Cabins of Commercial Aircraft: Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew
Although poor air quality is probably not the hazard that is foremost in peoples minds as they board planes, it has been a concern for years. Passengers have complained about dry eyes, sore throat, …
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€74.48
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments: Coal Waste Impoundments
On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporations coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry in near Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal …
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€58.61
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture: Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly …
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€60.37
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health: Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine
Recent scientific breakthroughs, celebrity patient advocates, and conflicting religious beliefs have come together to bring the state of stem cell research"specifically embryonic stem cell …
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€48.28
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Arsenic in Drinking Water
Having safe drinking water is important to all Americans. The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in the summer of 2001 to delay implementing a new, more stringent standard for the maximum …
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€64.92
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites: Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 400 million liters (100 million gallons) of liquid high-level waste (HLW) stored in underground tanks and approximately 4, 000 cubic …
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€58.92
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute of Medicine: Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care
Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care is a summary of a workshop held on May 11, 2000, which brought together experts to review evidence of the relationship …
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€57.39
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to …
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€82.91
Committee to Assess the Scientific Basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load Approach to Water Pollution Reduction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management
Over the last 30 years, water quality management in the United States has been driven by the control of point sources of pollution and the use of effluent-based water quality standards. Under this …
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€69.35
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Envisioning the Agenda for Water Resources Research in the Twenty-First Century
In this century, the United States will be challenged to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality water to its growing population. Water is a limiting resource for human well-being and social …
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€57.36
Committee on Privatization of Water Services in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Privatization of Water Services in the United States
In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those …
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€54.24
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs: Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs
Emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs subject vehicles to periodic inspections of their emission control systems. Despite widespread use of these programs in air-quality management, …
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€66.14
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals
Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals contains a detailed and comprehensive methodology for developing acute exposure guideline levels …
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€66.92
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation: Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Focused attention by world leaders is needed to address the substantial challenges posed by disposal of spent nuclear fuel from reactors and high-level radioactive waste from processing such fuel. …
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€54.72
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law
<p>On August 16, 2000, the Board on Life Sciences held a forum on "Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law: The Impact of Emerging Genomic Information." The purpose of …
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€57.79
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation: Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (DS86)
The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was set up more than a decade ago at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy. It was charged with monitoring work …
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€74.29
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry: Global Air Quality
The National Research Council’s Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry (NRC/CAC) was established to serve as a focal point for NRC activities on issues related to atmospheric chemical change and its …
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€57.22
Committee to Review NASA’s Polar Geophysical Data Sets & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enhancing NASA’s Contributions to Polar Science
The high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, together with some mountainous areas with glaciers and long-lasting snow, are sometimes called the cryosphere-defined as that portion of the planet …
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€75.37
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants: Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration
Americans drink many gallons of tap water every day, but many of them question the safety of tap water every day as well. In fact, devices have been created to filter tap water directly before …
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€60.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
Regulatory standards are already on the books at the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address health risks posed by inhaling tiny particles from smoke, vehicle exhaust, and other …
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€49.42
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same wells. ASR is proposed as a …
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€57.75
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some …
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€61.92
Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mammography and Beyond
Each year more than 180, 000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and …
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€72.41
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Recruiting Fishery Scientists
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employs many fishery scientists with diverse skills. The agency finds that the supply of fishery biologists is adequate to meet most of its demand. …
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€25.80
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Bioinformatics: Converting Data to Knowledge
The goal of this workshop was to bring together bioinformatics stake holders from government, academe, and industry for a day of presentations and dialogue. Fifteen experts identified and discussed …
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€57.97
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology
This 2-day workshop is the culmination of a study of the status and future of marine biotechnology. The overall goal of this workshop is to examine what was initially called "Opportunities for …
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€70.98
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Improving the Collection, Management, and Use of Marine Fisheries Data
Congress has promoted fisheries science for over a century and its involvement in fisheries management took a great leap forward with passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976. …
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€83.01
Committee on USGS Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales
Groundwater is a basic resource for humans and natural ecosystems and is one of the nation’s most important natural resources. Groundwater is pumped from wells to supply drinking water to about 130 …
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€48.30
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes: Long-Term Institutional Management of U.S. Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites
It is now becoming clear that relatively few U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) waste sites will be cleaned up to the point where they can be released for unrestricted use. "Long-term …
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€59.89
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: From Research to Operations in Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction
This workshop report examines the capability of the forecast system to efficiently transfer weather and climate research findings into improved operational forecast capabilities. It looks in …
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€57.67
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury
Mercury is widespread in our environment. Methylmercury, one organic form of mercury, can accumulate up the aquatic food chain and lead to high concentrations in predatory fish. When consumed by …
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€82.84
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Methods for Developing Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains an active interest in the environmental conditions associated with living and working in spacecraft and identifying hazards that …
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€66.49
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program: Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program
The United States has more than 65 active or potentially active volcanoes, more than those of all other countries except Indonesia and Japan. During the twentieth century, volcanic eruptions in …
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€61.03
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment reviews advances made during the last 10-15 years in fields such as developmental biology, molecular biology, and genetics. It …
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€83.65
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Toxicological Risks of Selected Flame-Retardant Chemicals
Ignition of upholstered furniture by small open flames from matches, cigarette lighters, and candles is one of the leading causes of residential-fire deaths in the United States. These fires …
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€166.96
Committee on the Causes and Management of Eutrophication & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Clean Coastal Waters
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in …
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€83.49
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants
This book explores the risks and benefits of crops that are genetically modified for pest resistance, the urgency of establishing an appropriate regulatory framework for these products, and the …
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€72.49
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Research Needs in Subsurface Science
Research Needs in Subsurface Science provides an overview of the subsurface contamination problems across the DOE complex and shows by examples from the six largest DOE sites (Hanford Site, Idaho …
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€90.53
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Copper in Drinking Water: Copper in Drinking Water
The safety of the nation’s drinking water must be maintained to ensure the health of the public. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating the levels of substances …
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€58.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Oceanography and Mine Warfare
Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. A thorough understanding of environmental variability greatly increases the likelihood of mission …
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€50.02
Committee on the Assessment of Regional Marine Research Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bridging Boundaries through Regional Marine Research
As appreciation of the interdisciplinary and multidimensional character of environmental issues has increased, there have been attempts to address regional needs more directly. One of these, the …
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€54.29
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE Contractor Sites: Subcommittee to Review the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Final Results and Report: Review of the Hanford Th
In 1986, officials of the US Department of Energy revealed that the Hanford Atomic Products Operations in Richland, Washington, had been releasing radioactive material, in particular iodine-131, into …
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€105.43
Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ecological Indicators for the Nation
Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists’ attention and often make the headlines. Equally important to policymaking are indicators of the …
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€65.90
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Risk management is especially important for military forces deployed in hostile and/or chemically contaminated environments, and on-line or rapid turn-around capabilities for assessing exposures can …
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€72.33
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Deployment of forces in hostile or unfamiliar environments is inherently risky. The changing missions and increasing use of U.S. forces around the globe in operations other than battle call for …
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€54.28
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: 50 Years of Ocean Discovery
This book describes the development of ocean sciences over the past 50 years, highlighting the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the field’s progress. Many of the individuals …
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€57.39
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands
This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock minerals–such as gold, silver, copper, and uranium–on over 350 …
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€58.83
Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply
In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an …
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€83.56
Committee on Hydrologic Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Science Priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The availability of fresh water is potentially one of the most pervasive crises of the coming century. Water-related decisions will determine the future of major ecosystems, the health of regional …
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€57.85
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
In the effort to reduce the scientific and technical uncertainties over regulation of airborne particulate matter in the United States, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: II. …
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€54.92
Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of Subsurface Contaminants in the DOE Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Groundwater and Soil Cleanup
This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. It provides a special focus on three classes of contaminants that have …
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€91.06
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of NASA’s ‘Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft’ Project
The NRC Panel on the Atmospheric Effects of Aviation (PAEAN) was established to provide guidance to NASA’s Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Program (AEAP) by evaluating the appropriateness of the …
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€57.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture
Although chemical pesticides safeguard crops and improve farm productivity, they are increasingly feared for their potentially dangerous residues and their effects on ecosystems.The Future Role of …
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€83.92
1998 Workshop on Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identifying Future Drinking Water Contaminants
With an increasing population, use of new and diverse chemicals that can enter the water supply, and emergence of new microbial pathogens, the U.S. federal government is faced with a regulatory …
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€60.72
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee to Review the Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992: Research on Power-Frequency Fields Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992
Since the 1970s, concerns about health hazards associated with electric and magnetic fields from power lines and from workplace, school, and household use of electricity have led to many studies and …
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€60.72
Committee on American River Flood Frequencies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses
Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land …
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€73.08
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Atmospheric Effects of Aviation
Aviation is an integral part of the global transportation network, and the number of flights worldwide is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades. Yet, the effects that subsonic aircraft …
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€57.22
Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Hazards Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
Losses of life and property in the United States-and throughout the world-resulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing. Public …
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€57.75
Climate Research Committee & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities
The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat GHGs pose to the …
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€57.75
Board on Natural Disasters & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information
Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in …
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€51.77
Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sharing the Fish
Most U.S. fish stocks are fully or over-exploited, and harvesting in many fisheries far exceeds sustainable levels. The individual fishing quota (IFQ) is a relatively new instrument under which …
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€97.68
Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities
The fiscal and technological limitations associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites to background conditions have prompted responsible parties to turn to risk-based methods for environmental …
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€83.11
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research
After discussions with the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Energy the Board on Biology of the National Research Council agreed to run a workshop under the auspices of its Forum on …
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€57.28
Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants
The provision of safe drinking water has been an important factor in the improvement of the health status of U.S. communities since the turn of the last century. Nonetheless, outbreaks of waterborne …
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€60.70
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water: Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water
The Safe Drinking Water Act directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the quality of drinking water, including its concentration of radon, an acknowledged carcinogen.This …
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€83.60
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests: Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests
In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from …
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€59.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project
Scientists and policy-makers alike are concerned that operation of a fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft could significantly affect the global atmosphere. HSCT emissions may have a …
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€36.19
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists
In each year between 1994 and 1996, more than 7, 000 individuals received a Ph.D. in life-science, and the number of graduates is rising sharply. If present trends continue, about half of those …
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€68.87
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations (Beir VII): Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations
The US Environmotection 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 reported …
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€57.26
Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering in Environmental Remediation Programs at the Department of Energy Hanford Site
The primary purpose of systems engineering is to organize information and knowledge to assist those who manage, direct, and control the planning, development, production, and operation of the systems …
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€50.86
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessment of Exposure-Response Functions for Rocket-Emission Toxicants
The U.S. Air Force is developing a model to assist commanders in determining when it is safe to launch rocket vehicles. The model estimates the possible number and types of adverse health effects for …
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€60.28
Committee on Major U.S. Oceanographic Research Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Ocean Science
During recent years, large-scale investigations into global climate change and other highly visible issues have taken the lion’s share of declining research funds. At the same time, funding for basic …
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€74.53
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
New National Ambient Air Quality Standards for airborne particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers, called PM2.5, were issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amidst scientific …
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€60.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Decade-to-Century-Scale Climate Variability and Change
Society today may be more vulnerable to global-scale, long-term, climate change than ever before. Even without any human influence, past records show that climate can be expected to continue to …
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€64.37
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Project Planning Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government’s key agencies in planning the uses of the nation’s waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of …
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€61.81
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Hydrologic Sciences
Hydrologic science, an important, interdisciplinary science dealing with the occurrence, distribution, and properties of water on Earth, is key to understanding and resolving many contemporary, …
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€59.31
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Kevin D. Crowley: Research Reactor Aluminum Spent Fuel
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for management of aluminum spent fuel from foreign and domestic research reactors, much of which is highly …
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€64.76
Committee to Review Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments
The collapse of cod, flounder, and haddock fish stocks in the Northeast United States has caused widespread concern among managers and fishers in the United States and Canada. The diminishing stocks …
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€69.91
Committee on Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Marine Fisheries & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sustaining Marine Fisheries
Fluctuations and declines in marine fish populations have caused growing concern among marine scientists, fisheries managers, commercial and recreational fishers, and the public.Sustaining Marine …
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€66.34
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies in the Middle East: Water for the Future
This book is the result of a joint research effort led by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and involving the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, …
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€60.29
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment: Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment
Some investigators have hypothesized that estrogens and other hormonally active agents found in the environment might be involved in breast cancer increases and sperm count declines in humans as well …
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€106.47
Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting Potable Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Issues in Potable Reuse
A small but growing number of municipalities are augmenting their drinking water supplies with highly treated wastewater. But some professionals in the field argue that only the purest sources should …
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€71.43
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Atmospheric Sciences
Technology has propelled the atmospheric sciences from a fledgling discipline to a global enterprise. Findings in this field shape a broad spectrum of decisions–what to wear outdoors, whether …
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€72.87
Committee on Fish Stock Assessment Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving Fish Stock Assessments
Ocean harvests have plateaued worldwide and many important commercial stocks have been depleted. This has caused great concern among scientists, fishery managers, the fishing community, and the …
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€90.66
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring
On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear …
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€64.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Waste Incineration and Public Health
Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical waste–but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the …
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€97.96
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Management of Wolf and Bear Populations in Alaska: Wolves, Bears, and Their Prey in Alaska
This book assesses Alaskan wolf and bear management programs from scientific and economic perspectives. Relevant factors that should be taken into account when evaluating the utility of such programs …
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€98.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee for Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications: Seeing into the Earth
Just below our feet is an environment that supports our infrastructure, yields water, provides for agriculture, and receives our waste. Our capacity to describe, or characterize, this environment is …
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€58.76
Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup
Most books on ground water and soil cleanup address only the technologies themselves–not why new technologies are or are not developed. Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup takes a holistic …
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€82.91
Committee on Earth Gravity from Space & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Satellite Gravity and the Geosphere
For the past three decades, it has been possible to measure the earth’s static gravity from satellites. Such measurements have been used to address many important scientific problems, including the …
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€60.32
Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions
Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect …
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€54.29
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicologic Assessment of the Army’s Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests
During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. Army conducted atmospheric dispersion tests in many American cities using fluorescent particles of zinc cadmium sulfide (Zn Cd S) to develop and verify …
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€97.95
Committee on U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Watershed Research in the U.S. Geological Survey
Watershed research is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand our understanding of basic hydrologic mechanisms and their responses at the watershed scale and to provide information …
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€60.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Mapping Science Committee: Future of Spatial Data and Society
Public and private institutions are committing resources and making important long-term decisions concerning the collection, management, and use of spatial data. Although these actions are influenced …
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€57.27
Committee on the Global Ocean Observing System & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Ocean Observing System
The Global Ocean Observing System is a study by the Ocean Studies Board intended to provide information and advice to federal agencies (the U.S. GOOS Interagency ad hoc Working Group) to help define …
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€57.29
Committee on Building an Environmental Management Science Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Building an Effective Environmental Management Science Program
This book assesses the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Science Program–a new program that funds basic research related to environmental cleanup of the department’s weapons complex. …
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€82.84
Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Barrier Technologies for Environmental Management
To control the migration of radioactive and hazardous wastes currently contained underground, barriers made of natural materials and man-made substances are constructed atop, and possibly around, the …
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€65.40
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Molten Salt Panel of the Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes: Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternatives for the Removal and Disposition of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Fluoride Salts (
This book discusses the technical alternatives for cleanup of radioactive fluoride salts that were the fuel for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, a novel nuclear reactor design that was tested in …
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€48.66
Committee on Valuing Ground Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Valuing Ground Water
Because water in the United State has not been traded in markets, there is no meaningful estimate of what it would cost if it were traded. But failing to establish ground water’s value–for in situ …
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€90.45
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has measured numerous airborne contaminants in spacecraft during space missions because of the potential toxicological hazards to humans that …
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€82.84
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Mariana Crow: Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow
This book, while focusing on current preservation challenges posed by the Aga, or Mariana crow, also reflects the larger issues and challenges of biodiversity conservation in all oceanic island …
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€48.21
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Toxicological and Performance Aspects of Oxygenated Motor Vehicle Fuels: Toxicological and Performance Aspects of Oxygenated Motor Vehicle Fuels
This book reviews a draft report from the federal government that assesses the effects of oxygenated gasoline on public health, air quality, fuel economy, engine performance, and water quality. In …
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€59.28
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biobased Industrial Products: Biobased Industrial Products
Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comeback–because of a threefold increase in …
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€60.24
Committee on Small Water Supply Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Safe Water From Every Tap
Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. Yet these communities often cannot afford to improve their water service. Safe …
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€60.70
Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
This volume discusses the readiness of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic …
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€54.33
Committee on the Use of Treated Municipal Wastewater Effluents and Sludge in the Production of Crops for Human Consumption & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Use of Reclaimed Water and Sludge in Food Crop Production
This book reviews the practice of reclaiming treated municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation and using sewage sludge as a soil amendment and fertilizer in the United States. It describes and …
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€91.20
Committee on Environmental Management Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Management Technology-Development Program at the Department of Energy
This book provides the National Academy of Sciences’ 1995 review of the technology development program for the remediation of the Department of Energy’s weapons complex facilities. It makes …
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€54.71
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has developed spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations (SMACs) for contaminants that might be found in the atmosphere within spacecraft …
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€66.36
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Biologic Systems: Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields
Can the electric and magnetic fields (EMF) to which people are routinely exposed cause health effects? This volume assesses the data and draws conclusions about the consequences of human exposure to …
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€82.99
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens: Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet
Despite increasing knowledge of human nutrition, the dietary contribution to cancer remains a troubling question. Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens assembles the best available information on the …
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€90.49
Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon
Federal management of water is undergoing a change that involves a drastic reduction in the number of new water projects and an increase in emphasis on the quality of water management. This book …
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€59.50
Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Freshwater Ecosystems
To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all …
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€97.32
Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Era for Irrigation
Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United States–but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the …
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€66.34
Climate Research Committee & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales
This volume reflects the current state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. It covers a wide range of relevant subjects, including the …
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€181.04
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change
This book recommends the initiation of an "integrated" research program to study the role of aerosols in the predicted global climate change. Current understanding suggest that, even now, …
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€56.23
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention & Board on Radiation Effects Research: Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory’s Thyroid Function Study
During the 1950s, with the Cold War looming, military planners sought to know more about how to keep fighting forces fit and capable in the harsh Alaskan environment. In 1956 and 1957, the U.S. Air …
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€56.18
Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bering Sea Ecosystem
The Bering Sea, which lies between the United States and Russia, is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and has prolific fishing grounds. Yet there have been significant unexplained …
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€105.22
Advisory Panel for the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program (TOGA Panel) & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation
The TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program was designed to study short-term climate variations. A 10-year international program, TOGA made El Nino a household word. This book chronicles …
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€66.33
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management
People are demanding more of the goods, services, and amenities provided by the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but the finiteness of the supply has become clear. This issue involves complex …
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€60.24
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids: Upstream
The importance of salmon to the Pacific Northwest–economic, recreational, symbolic–is enormous. Generations ago, salmon were abundant from central California through Idaho, Oregon, and Washington …
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€97.36
Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin
This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, …
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€54.27
Committee on Science and Policy for the Coastal Ocean & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science, Policy, and the Coast
This book summarizes three symposia that were convened in the California, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of Mexico regions to seek new ways to improve the use of science in coastal policymaking. The book …
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€54.24
Committee on Declassification of Information for the Department of Energy Environmental Remediation and Related Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Department of Energy Classification
With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information. In 1994, the Secretary of Energy requested the assistance of …
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€48.28
Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards
The United States currently has no place to dispose of the high-level radioactive waste resulting from the production of the nuclear weapons and the operation of nuclear electronic power plants. The …
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€72.46
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Mexico City’s Water Supply
This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations …
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€55.78
Committee on Biological Diversity in Marine Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Marine Biodiversity
The diversity of marine life is being affected dramatically by fishery operations, chemical pollution and eutrophication, alteration of physical habitat, exotic species invasion, and effects of other …
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€54.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Rediscovering Geography
As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has …
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€82.35
Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Nuclear Wastes
Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste …
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€180.85
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Biologic Markers in Urinary Toxicology
Diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate exact an enormous human and economic toll on the population of the United States. This book examines prevention of these diseases through the development …
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€66.31
Committee on Characterization of Wetlands & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Wetlands
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused …
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€105.63
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Effects of Past Global Change on Life
What can we expect as global change progresses? Will there be thresholds that trigger sudden shifts in environmental conditions–or that cause catastrophic destruction of life?Effects of Past Global …
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€75.37
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies: Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses
Growing 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 …
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€66.37
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biology Teacher Inservice Programs: Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers
Scientists nationwide are showing greater interest in contributing to the reform of science education, yet many do not know how to begin.This highly readable book serves as a guide for those …
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€83.56
Committee on Fracture Characterization and Fluid Flow & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow
Scientific understanding of fluid flow in rock fractures–a process underlying contemporary earth science problems from the search for petroleum to the controversy over nuclear waste storage–has …
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€165.86
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Progress and Priorities of U.S. Weather Research and Research-to-Operations Activities: When Weather Matters
The past 15 years have seen marked progress in observing, understanding, and predicting weather. At the same time, the United States has failed to match or surpass progress in operational numerical …
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€72.45
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on an Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program: Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program
To ensure the safety of food distributed through the National School Lunch Program, food banks, and other federal food and nutrition programs, the United States Department of Agriculture has …
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€17.34
Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Advice on the Department of Energy’s Cleanup Technology Roadmap
Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the Cold War, the United States government constructed and operated a massive industrial complex to produce and test nuclear weapons and …
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€98.00
Committee to Review the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Health Hazard Evaluation Program at NIOSH
It is the unique mission of the Health Hazard Evaluation Program within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to respond to requests to investigate potential occupational …
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€82.97
Committee on Oceanography in 2025: A Workshop & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oceanography in 2025
On January 8 and 9, 2009, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research, hosted the "Oceanography in 2025" workshop. …
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€72.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of the Basic Energy Sciences Catalysis Science Program: Catalysis for Energy
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the investment in catalysis basic research by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Catalysis Science Program. Catalysis …
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€56.32
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
NASA is aware of the potential toxicologic hazards to crew that might be associated with prolonged spacecraft missions. Despite major engineering advances in controlling the atmosphere within …
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€121.30
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. To protect workers from potential adverse health effects due to those …
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€113.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
This book is the second biennial evaluation of progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the …
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€82.91
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor …
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€82.93
Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation’s best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river …
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€66.31
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure: Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution
In light of recent evidence on the relationship of ozone to mortality and questions about its implications for benefit analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the National Research …
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€66.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the NIOSH Respiratory Disease Research Program: Respiratory Diseases Research at NIOSH
Respiratory diseases caused by exposures to dangerous materials in the workplace have tremendous implications for worker health and, by extension, the national economy. The National Institute for …
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€82.93
Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters
Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. Effective water management requires tracking the inflow, outflow, quantity and quality of ground-water and surface …
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€75.31
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates: Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment
People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides …
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€75.34
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
NASA maintains an active interest in the environmental conditions associated with living and working in spacecraft and identifying hazards that might adversely affect the health and well-being of …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures: Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
Beryllium is a lightweight metal that is used for its exceptional strength and high heat-absorbing capability. Beryllium and its alloys can be found in many important technologies in the defense and …
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€70.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Full-System Testing and Evaluation of Personal Protection Equipment Ensembles in Simulated Chemical-Warfare Environments: Soldier Protective Clothing and Equipment
There is an ongoing need to test and ensure effectiveness of personal protective equipment that soldiers use to protect themselves against chemical warfare agents. However, testing using human …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicologic and Radiologic Effects from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After Combat: Review of the Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel from Exposures to Depleted Uran
Since the 1980s, the U.S. military has used depleted uranium in munitions and in protective armor on tanks. Depleted uranium is a toxic heavy metal and is weakly radioactive. Concerns have been …
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€66.71
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Global Health: Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks with great …
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€60.34
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Evaluating the Efficiency of Research and Development Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A new book from the National Research Council recommends changes in how the federal government evaluates the efficiency of research at EPA and other agencies. Assessing efficiency should be …
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€58.73
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildlife, and Habitat
Since the first commercial introduction of transgenic corn plants in 1995, biotechnology has provided enormous benefits to agricultural crop production. Research is underway to develop a much broader …
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€46.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols
Biological warfare agent (BWA) detectors are designed to provide alerts to military personnel of the presence of dangerous biological agents. Detecting such agents promptly makes it possible to …
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€43.43
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array Radar Planning Process: Evaluation of the Multifunction Phased Array Radar Planning Process
The Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) is one potentially cost-effective solution to meet the surveillance needs and of several agencies currently using decades-old radar networks. These …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology
Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and are considering whether the putative …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy
Faced with the steady rise in energy costs, dwindling fossil fuel supplies, and the need to maintain a healthy environment – exploration of alternative energy sources is essential for meeting energy …
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Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse
In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the use of wireless communications devices and a great deal of research has been carried out to investigate possible biological or human health …
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€36.48
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Disrupting Improvised Explosive Device Terror Campaigns
Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. The IED itself is just the most publicly visible part of an underlying campaign of violence, the …
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€36.18
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations: Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations
In response to a request from the U.S. Army, a committee convened by the National Research Council (NRC) conducted the first in a sequence of studies evaluating the combined health effects of …
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€30.17
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations: Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations
To determine whether the air quality inside armored-vehicle cabins can meet exposure guidelines under deployment conditions, the Army assessed possible synergistic toxic effects from potentially …
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€25.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Emergency and Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Submarine Contaminants
U.S. Navy personnel who work on submarines are in an enclosed and isolated environment for days or weeks at a time when at sea. Unlike a typical work environment, they are potentially exposed to air …
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€106.40
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin: Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget
Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and …
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€98.01
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Applications of Toxicogenomic Technologies to Predictive Toxicology and Risk Assessment
The new field of toxicogenomics presents a potentially powerful set of tools to better understand the health effects of exposures to toxicants in the environment. At the request of the National …
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€98.65
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
In 1993, the National Research Councils Committee on Toxicology developed criteria and methods for EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to develop community emergency …
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€98.11
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process: Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making
Many regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. Models help EPA explain environmental phenomena in settings where direct …
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€82.27
Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Colorado River Basin Water Management
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at …
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€83.40
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences
The National Science Foundations Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) supports research to develop new understanding of Earths atmosphere and how the Sun impacts it. Strategic Guidance for the …
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€76.13
Committee on River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nations drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nations electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of …
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€75.38
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Successful Response Starts with a Map
In the past few years the United States has experienced a series of disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which have severely taxed and in many cases overwhelmed responding agencies. In all …
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€60.12
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Analysis of Global Change Assessments
Global change assessments inform decision makers about the scientific underpinnings of a range of environmental issues, such as climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, and loss of …
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€72.34
Committee on Water System Security Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Nation’s Water Security
Concern over terrorist attacks since 2001 has directed attention to potential vulnerabilities of the nations water and wastewater systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which leads …
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€66.14
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Research Priorities for the USGS Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science: Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science at the United States Geological Survey
Comprehensive and authoritative baseline geospatial data content is crucial to the nation and to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS founded its Center of Excellence for Geospatial …
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€64.88
Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the future, and …
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€64.08
Committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Antarctica is renowned for its extreme cold; yet surprisingly, radar measurements have revealed a vast network of lakes, rivers, and streams several kilometers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Sealed …
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€63.26
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses: Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses
The research of the last decade has demonstrated that ecosystems and human systems are influenced by multiple factors, including climate, land use, and the by-products of resource use. Understanding …
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€60.27
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Protecting Building Occupants and Operations from Biological and Chemical Airborne Threats
Protecting buildings and their occupants from biological and chemical attacks to ensure continuous building operations is seen as an urgent need in the Department of Defense, given recent …
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€60.29
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Extending Observations and Research Results to Practical Applications: A Review of NASA’s Approach: Assessment of the NASA Applied Sciences Program
Remote sensing data and models from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are the basis for a wide spectrum of scientific research endeavors and are key inputs to many public and …
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€57.67
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of Rainfall Measuring Missions: NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses precipitation data in many applications including hurricane forecasting. Currently, NOAA uses data collected from the Tropical Rainfall …
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€57.68
Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World
The United States has enduring national and strategic interests in the polar regions, including citizens living above the Arctic circle and three year-round scientific stations in the Antarctic. …
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€55.88
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Environmental Data Management at NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects, manages, and disseminates a wide range of climate, weather, ecosystem and other environmental data that are used by scientists, …
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€54.27
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars: Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars
Three recent developments have greatly increased interest in the search for life on Mars. The first is new information about the Martian environment including evidence of a watery past and the …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Benchmarking the Competitiveness of the United States in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research
Mechanical engineering is critical to the design, manufacture, and operation of small and large mechanical systems throughout the U.S. economy. This book highlights the main findings of a …
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€51.55
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems: Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems
The search for life in the solar system and beyond has to date been governed by a model based on what we know about life on Earth (terran life). Most of NASA’s mission planning is focused on …
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€49.70
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research
It is widely understood that stem cell treatments have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Because of this potential, in 2004 California voters approved Proposition 71 to set up a 10-year, $3 …
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€49.72
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Earth System Science for Decisions About Human Welfare: Contributions of Remote Sensing: Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health
Land remote sensing: the use of space-based satellite technologies to obtain information on environmental variables such as land-use and land-covering combination with other types of data can provide …
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€49.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures: Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure
Beryllium is an important metal that is used in a number of industries-including the defense, aerospace, automotive, medical, and electronics industries-because of its exceptional strength, …
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€48.27
Committee to Review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology’s Research Priorities Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy
Ocean research offers countless benefits, from improving fisheries management to discovering new drugs to enabling early detection of tsunamis and hurricanes. At the request of the Joint Subcommittee …
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€48.21
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.4
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program is in the process of producing 21 draft assessments that investigate changes in the Earth’s climate and related systems. These assessments are designed to …
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€36.20
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Interventions That Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers
Minority groups are severely underrepresented in the scientific workforce. To encourage minorities to pursue careers in research, a variety of "intervention programs" have been created at …
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€36.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices: Basic Research to Interrupt the IED Delivery Chain: Countering the Threat of Improvised Explosive Devices
Attacks in London, Madrid, Bali, Oklahoma City and other places indicate that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are among the weapons of choice of terrorists throughout the world. Scientists and …
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Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
The world’s first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is …
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Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, "Best Practice A
This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Programs new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities in Green Chemistry and Engineering Education
Going green is a hot topic in both chemistry and chemical engineering. Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies
Beginning in the early 1980s, new technologies, began to permit evaluation of the expression of individual genes. Recent technological advances have expanded those evaluations to permit the …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
The International Space Station is a closed and complex environment, so some contamination of its internal atmosphere and water system is expected. To protect space crews from contaminants in potable …
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€165.76
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energys (DOEs) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes stored …
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€98.07
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities
Ever since the United States began producing and testing nuclear weapons during World War II, the effects of ionizing radiation on human health and the environment have been a serious public concern. …
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€98.17
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium
The field of geoengineering is at a crossroads where the path to high-tech solutions meets the path to expanding applications of geotechnology. In this report, the term "geoengineering" …
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€72.32
Committee on the Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods
Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing trips in 2004. …
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€74.39
Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network
Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic. However, the record of Arctic observations suffers from …
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€73.65
Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies
Since the 1950s, the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Changes in …
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€63.35
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Basic and Applied Research Priorities in Geospatial Science for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Priorities for GEOINT Research at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provides geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to support national security, both as a national intelligence and a combat support agency. In the post-9/11 …
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€60.83
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Assessing Vulnerabilities Related to the Nation’s Chemical Infrastructure: Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure
The chemical sector is a key part of the national economy and has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as one of 17 sectors comprising the nation’s Critical Infrastructure. …
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€60.24
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Estimating and Communicating Uncertainty in Weather and Climate Forecasts: Completing the Forecast
Uncertainty is a fundamental characteristic of weather, seasonal climate, and hydrological prediction, and no forecast is complete without a description of its uncertainty. Effective communication of …
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€52.83
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences: Beyond Mapping
Geographic information systems (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other information technologies have all changed the nature of work in the mapping sciences and in the …
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€49.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Launched jointly in 1997 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a satellite …
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€49.72
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation: Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World
Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the …
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€48.32
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Review of the Department of Energy’s Genomics: GTL Program: Review of the Department of Energy’s Genomics: GTL Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) promotes scientific and technological innovation to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States. Recognizing the potential of …
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Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)
The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in …
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€42.71
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections
Museums catalogue our knowledge of the Earth’s biodiversity, and their collections represent many decades of work by experts. Access to DNA sequence information in archival specimens would greatly …
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Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER) & Division on Earth and Life Studies: CLEANER and NSF’s Environmental Observatories
Degradation of the nation’s water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might …
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€36.22
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Animal Models for Testing Interventions Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents: Overcoming Challenges to Develop Countermeasures Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents
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 …
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Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Development of a Polio Antiviral and Its Potential Role in Global Poliomyelitis Eradication: Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio
Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio: Workshop Report, is a report of a workshop in which experts evaluated whether an antiviral drug against poliovirus would be helpful …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Review of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Research and Restoration Plan for Salmon: Review of the Draft Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon (
Declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska in the late 1990s and early 2000s created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this …
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Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discharges of wastes from activities associated with the federal governments Los Alamos site in northern New Mexico began during the Manhattan Project in 1943. Now designated the Los Alamos National …
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€25.87
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Preliminary Principles and Guidelines for Archiving Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirements–data that stretch from the …
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€25.61
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Review of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park: Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
This report follows up on an interim report released in February 2004 that focused on immediate needs in the areas of animal care and management, recordkeeping, and pest control. The report finds …
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€105.48
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants: Interim Report of the Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys New Source Review (NSR) programs are designed to help ensure that the construction or modification of factories, electric-generating facilities and other …
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€83.65
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess Potential Health Effects from Exposures to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy: Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofreq
PAVE PAWS is a phased-array warning system designed to detect and track sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated on Cape Cod since 1979 by the U.S. Air Force Space Command. In …
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€75.38
Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania
The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems, due in large part to aging wastewater infrastructures that cannot handle sewer overflows …
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€75.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain
The nation’s network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other …
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€76.13
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Assess the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion: Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion
Perchlorate"a powerful oxidant used in solid rocket fuels by the military and aerospace industry"has been detected in public drinking water supplies of over 11 million people at …
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€69.35
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Thinking Strategically
The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and its predecessor U.S. Global Change Research Program have sponsored climate research and observations for nearly 15 years, yet the overall progress of the …
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€63.83
Committee on Review of Methods for Establishing Instream Flows for Texas Rivers & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science of Instream Flows
Across the United States, municipalities, counties, and states grapple with issues of ensuring adequate amounts of water in times of high demand and low supply. Instream flow programs aim to balance …
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€62.87
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan: Review of the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan
Water managers rely on predicting changes in the hydrologic cycle on seasonal-to-interannual time frames to prepare for water resource needs. Seasonal to interannual predictability of the hydrologic …
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€57.67
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades
The Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology have released the seventh and final report of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicologic Assessment of Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents: Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents
Research related to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) has historically focused on life threatening battlefield effects caused by high level exposures to the agents, not effects associated with exposures …
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€52.88
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences
The National Science Foundation’s Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) supports research to develop new understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and how the Sun impacts it. Strategic Guidance for …
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€44.05
Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Polar Icebreaker Roles and U.S. Future Needs
The age and condition of the U.S. Coast Guard’s polar icebreakers are jeopardizing national security and scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic, according to an interim report from the …
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€36.50
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Application of Toxicogenomics to Cross-Species Extrapolation
Some of what we know about the health effects of exposure to chemicals from food, drugs, and the environment come from studies of occupational, inadvertent, or accident-related exposures. When there …
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€36.06
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississsippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency’s longest and most complicated studies in its …
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Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Academies to evaluate its plans for managing radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuel at sites in …
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Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants: Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens
Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful …
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Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life: Astrophysical Context of Life
In 1997, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed the National Astrobiology Institute to coordinate and fund research into the origins, distribution, and fate of life in the …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible?
On October 25-26, 2005, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to explore issues involving those who use and contribute to chemical literature, as well as those who publish and disseminate …
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€36.22
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), established in 2002 to coordinate climate and global change research conducted in the United States and to support decision-making on climate-related …
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€36.19
Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Public Water Supply Distribution Systems
The Water Science and Technology Board has released the first report of the Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, which is studying water quality issues …
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€36.41
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites: Improving the Characterization and Treatment of Radioactive Wastes for the Department of Energy’s Acc
The Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management (EM) directs the massive cleanup of more than 100 sites that were involved in the production of nuclear weapons materials during the …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts
Toxicogenomics, the study of how genomes respond to exposure to toxicants, may ultimately hold the promise of detecting changes in the expression of a person’s genes if he or she is exposed to these …
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€36.42
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Science, Medicine, and Animals
Science, Medicine, and Animals explains the role that animals play in biomedical research and the ways in which scientists, governments, and citizens have tried to balance the experimental use of …
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€25.83
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites: Review of NOAA’s Plan for the Scientific Data Stewardship Program
To better understand our climate system, it is important that we have climate data records (CDRs)–time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate …
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€25.65
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Thirteenth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
Formed in 1995 by EPA, several other federal and state agencies, and several private organizations, the National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors
This report examines the proposed testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological …
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€25.62
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
To protect space crews from contaminants in potable and hygiene water, NASA requested that the National Research Council (NRC) provide guidance on how to develop water exposure guidelines and …
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€105.43
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Future Challenges for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Resources Program
The committee assesses the USGS’s responses to a 1996 program review, evaluates the minerals information team, and examines how the program’s mission and vision might evolve to meet the nation’s …
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€60.89
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites: Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites
The report outlines key elements to consider in designing a program to create climate-quality data from satellites. It examines historical attempts to create climate data records, provides advice on …
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€60.29
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on California Agricultural Research Priorities: Pierce’s Disease: California Agricultural Research Priorities
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is one of the more recent invasive pests to afflict California agriculture. The insect transmits a bacterial pathogen that causes Pierce’s disease, which has impaired …
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€58.81
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Iodotrifluoromethane
The U.S. military is considering using a compound called iodotrifluoromethane (CF3I) for fire suppression to replace previously-used compounds (halons) that are being phased out because they deplete …
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€49.77
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Fea
For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar …
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€36.22
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi-Illinois River Waterw
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other water-related issues on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. A recent chapter in that history is …
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€36.53
Committee on International Polar Year 2007-2008: Report of the Implementation Workshop & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Planning for the International Polar Year 2007-2008
The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 will be an internationally coordinated campaign of polar observations, research, and analysis that will further our understanding of physical and social …
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€36.22
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project Office: Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office
A growing appreciation for how variations in climate affect society and the environment has increased the demand for fast and accurate predictions of climate variability. The Climate Variability and …
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€36.42
Committee to Review the Oil Spill Recovery Institute’s Research Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oil Spill Recovery Institute
As a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), and within that legislation, the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) …
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€68.00
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Minorities in the Chemical Workforce
This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the …
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€54.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
The report reviews a U.S. Department of the Interior research program, finding that it provides key information to support the restoration of the Florida Everglades and to better assess the impact of …
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€65.28
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Communicating Occupational Safety and Health Information to Spanish-speaking Workers: Safety is Seguridad
Approximately 32.8 million persons of Hispanic descent live in the United States, half of whom were born outside the United States (Therrien and Ramirez, 2000). By the year 2050, it is expected that …
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€61.75
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research
This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a …
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€50.15
Committee on Exploration of the Seas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of the Seas
Seventy percent of our blue planet is covered by oceans. Although progress has been made in understanding the role of oceans in climate change, locating energy reserves, revealing new life forms, and …
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€25.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Review of Submarine Escape Action Levels for Selected Chemicals
On-board fires can occur on submarines after events such as collision or explosion. These fires expose crew members to toxic concentrations of combustion products such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, …
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€90.49
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on National Capacity in Forestry Research: National Capacity in Forestry Research
Forests are major components of the earth’s natural resources and they are increasingly critical to the welfare of the U.S. economy, environment, and population. Desires to improve forest management …
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€63.88
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Ongoing Challenge of Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions. Breathing CO at high concentrations leads to reduced oxygen transport by hemoglobin, which has health effects …
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€60.37
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Research Priorities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey: Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey
Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides perspective and guidance to the geography discipline about its future research and strategic directions. The report …
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€58.60
Committee on Reference Materials for Ocean Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Chemical Reference Materials
The accuracy of chemical oceanographic measurements depends on calibration against reference materials to ensure comparability over time and among laboratories. Several key parameters lack reference …
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€58.76
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) disposes of plutonium-contaminated debris from its 27 nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground repository in Carlsbad, …
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€54.22
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Review of the NARSTO Draft Report
. The report reviews NARSTO’s recent report on atmospheric science issues associated with management of airborne particulate matter (PM) to achieve air quality standards. NARSTO is a public-private …
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€47.05
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Florida Bay Research Programs and Their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. The Task …
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€57.31
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: Assessment of Proposed Partnerships to Implement a National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy
Landslides are a component of those agents of nature that transport rock and soil from mountains or hillsides to streams, lakes and seas, where new sedimentary rocks begin to form. Therefore, as well …
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€25.63
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Building a Long-Term Environmental Quality Research and Development Program in the Department of Energy: Strategic Vision for Department of Energy Environmental Quality Research and Development
The National Academies’ National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could …
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€90.44
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a deep underground mined facility for the disposal of transuranic waste resulting from the nation’s defense program. Transuranic waste is defined as waste …
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€61.84
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites: Research Opportunities for Deactivating and Decommissioning Department of Energy Facilities
When the Cold War abruptly ended, DOE halted most nuclear materials production. In 1995, Congress chartered DOE’s Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) to bring the nation’s scientific …
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€60.24
Committee to Review the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation System Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Inland Navigation System Planning
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) …
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€54.35
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning: Review of EarthScope Integrated Science
Earth Scope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as "a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the …
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€36.45
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Climate Services Vision
A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic …
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€36.53
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is nearing a decision on how to process 30 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste salt solutions at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to remove …
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€36.43
Committee on the Science of Climate Change & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Climate Change Science
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€36.06
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was envisioned as a way of enhancing the accessibility, communication, and use of geospatial data to support a wide variety of decisions at all levels …
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€57.27
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade
The rapid expansion of international trade has brought to the fore issues of conflicting national regulations in the area of plant, animal, and human health. These problems include the concern that …
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€83.40
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
In the Bhopal disaster of 1984, approximately 2, 000 residents living near a chemical plant were killed and 20, 000 more suffered irreversible damage to their eyes and lungs following the accidental …
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€83.59
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on an Evaluation of the US Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program: National Research Initiative
Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources in the coming decades. Rapid increases in world population and the pressure on …
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€60.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Methyl Bromide Risk Characterization in California
Methyl bromide is gaseous pesticide used to fumigate soil, crops, commodity warehouses, and commodity-shipping facilities. Up to 17 million pounds of methyl bromide are used annually in California to …
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€49.72
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change
An overall increase in global-mean atmospheric temperatures is predicted to occur in response to human-induced increases in atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping ”greenhouse gases." The …
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€48.26
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center’s Health-Hazard Assessment Process
A large number of chemicals are used on land at shore facilities, in the air in combat and reconnaissance aircraft, on seas around the world in surface vessels, and in submarine vessels by the navy …
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€56.91
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The National Research Council convened a committee of experts to advise the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a geologic repository for …
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€57.29
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management
The National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore …
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€36.17
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Submarine Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Hydrofluorocarbons
As part of the effort to phase out the use of stratospheric ozone-depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the U.S. Navy is considering hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as replacements for …
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€35.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the U.S. Navy’s Exposure Standard for Manufactured Vitreous Fibers
Manufactured vitreous fibers (MVF), also known as synthetic vitreous fibers, are considered to be less hazardous than asbestos to human health. They are used in many thermal- and …
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€57.61
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables
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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€57.35
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Re-evaluation of Drinking-Water Guidelines for Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate
Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate (DIMP) is a groundwater contaminant at the U.S. Army’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. DIMP is a by-product created from the manufacture and detoxification of the …
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€25.64
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposure to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials: Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth’s crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as …
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€99.18
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Arsenic in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been considering a more stringent regulation of arsenic in water. A significant reduction in the maximum contaminant level (MCL) could increase …
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€83.39
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste: Risk-Based Waste Classification in California
The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) of the State of California Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of complying with the Regulatory Structure Update. The Regulatory …
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€60.31
Committee to Review the Community Development Quota Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Community Development Quota Program in Alaska
This book reviews the performance and effectiveness of the Community Development Quotas (CDQ) programs that were formed as a result of the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The CDQ program is a …
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€83.07
Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Downstream
The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center began long-term planning at its inception and, in May 1997, produced a Long-Term Monitoring and Research Strategic Plan that was adopted by stakeholder …
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€114.19
Committee on Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline
The Committee on Ozone-Forming Potential for Reformulated Gasoline was asked whether the existing body of scientific and technical information is sufficient to permit a robust evaluation and …
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€75.48
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Distributed Geolibraries
A distributed geolibrary is a vision for the future. It would permit users to quickly and easily obtain all existing information available about a place that is relevant to a defined need. It is …
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€60.33
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants
A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and are used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly forces, and mark positions. Obscurants are anthropogenic or naturally occurring …
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€54.69
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants
A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly forces, and mark positions. Smokes are produced by burning or vaporizing particular …
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€48.32
Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of High-Level Waste in Tanks in the DOE Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: End State Methodology for Identifying Technology Needs for Environmental Management, with an Example from the Hanford Site
A major issue in the cleanup of this country’s nuclear weapons complex is how to dispose of the radioactive waste resulting primarily from the chemical processing operations for the recovery of …
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€48.19
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Technologies for Environmental Management
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Program (DOEEM) is one of the largest environmental clean up efforts in world history. The EM division charged with developing or finding …
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€36.50
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Federal Policy for Access to Research Resources: Finding the Path
On January 27-28, 1999, the NRC Commission on Life Sciences organized "Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources", a conference to explore the breadth of problems and …
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€36.22
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems
The 1997 Conference on the World Climate Research Programme to the Third Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded that the global capacity to …
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€57.33
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation
During the next several years, decisions are expected to be made in several countries on the further development and implementation of the geological disposition option. The Board on Radioactive …
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€25.80
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: GEWEX Global Water Vapor Project (GVaP)–U.S. Opportunities
Water vapor plays a vital role in shaping weather and climate on Earth. Hence, monitoring water vapor is critical if we are to explain and predict the behavior of the climate system. Unfortunately, …
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€25.63
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: Enhancing Access to NEXRAD Data–A Critical National Resource
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel was asked to assess the value of the NEXRAD data for answering key atmospheric and hydrological science questions (see the tasking letter in …
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€25.61
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: Emerging Global Water and Energy Initiatives–An Integrated Perspective
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel of the National Research Council (NRC) was tasked by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to provide a rapid and succinct …
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€57.32
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Human Genome Diversity: Evaluating Human Genetic Diversity
This book assesses the scientific value and merit of research on human genetic differences–including a collection of DNA samples that represents the whole of human genetic diversity–and the …
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€65.26
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Serving Science and Society Into the New Millenium
A symposium titled "Serving Science and Society into the New Millennium: The Legacy and the Promise" was held at the National Academy of Sciences on May 21-22, 1997. Speakers and panelists …
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€62.24
America’s Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
Global climate change is one of America’s most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity–especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, …
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€60.77
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on an Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program: Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program
To ensure the safety of food distributed through the National School Lunch Program, food banks, and other federal food and nutrition programs, the United States Department of Agriculture has …
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€25.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines
Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. The management of large volumes of coal combustion …
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€82.91
Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Alluvial Fan Flooding
Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by …
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€62.91
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies: Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
Floodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …
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€59.91
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Developing Mesoscale Meteorological Observational Capabilities to Meet Multiple National Needs: Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up
Detailed weather observations on local and regional levels are essential to a range of needs from forecasting tornadoes to making decisions that affect energy security, public health and safety, …
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€82.93
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science: DNA Technology in Forensic Science
Matching DNA samples from crime scenes and suspects is rapidly becoming a key source of evidence for use in our justice system. DNA Technology in Forensic Science offers recommendations for resolving …
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€60.27
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Support for Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum: Learning to Think Spatially
Spatial thinking"a constructive combination of concepts of space, tools of representation, and processes of reasoning"uses space to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions. …
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€66.92
Committee on Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
National interests in greater energy independence, concurrent with favorable market forces, have driven increased production of corn-based ethanol in the United States and research into the next …
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€50.13
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Scientific Accomplishments of Earth Observations from Space: Earth Observations from Space
Over the past 50 years, thousands of satellites have been sent into space on missions to collect data about the Earth. Today, the ability to forecast weather, climate, and natural hazards depends …
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€57.29
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: 2008 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€36.20
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Since 1998, the volume of research being conducted using human embryonic stem (h ES) cells has expanded primarily using private funds because of restrictions on the use of federal funds for such …
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€58.79
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
The mission of Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change, the book published in December 2008, is to independently and scientifically review the methodology that …
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€65.87
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications: New Science of Metagenomics
Although we can’t usually see them, microbes are essential for every part of human life — indeed all life on Earth. The emerging field of metagenomics offers a new way of exploring the microbial …
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€66.71
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: 2007 Amendments to the National Academies’ Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
In 2005, the National Academies released the report Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, which offered a common set of ethical standards for a field that, due to the absence of …
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€36.18
Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems facing the world today. Policy decisions are already being made to limit or adapt to climate change and its impacts, but …
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€89.83
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years
In response to a request from Congress, Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years assesses the state of scientific efforts to reconstruct surface temperature records for Earth …
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€66.46
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government’s plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are …
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€54.33
Committee on International Security and Arms Control & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
The so-called nuclear renaissance has increased worldwide interest in nuclear power. This potential growth also has increased, in some quarters, concern that nonproliferation considerations are not …
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€76.29
Committee on an Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S. Ocean Research in 2030 & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030
The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area of the 50 states. This expansive marine area …
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€37.69
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals
This letter is the abbreviated version of an update of the interim report on testing, evaluation, costs, and benefits of advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs), issued by the National Academies’ …
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€17.34
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences
The Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences workshop was held to engage the life sciences community on the particular security issues related to research …
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€42.21
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program
This is the third of four volumes from the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program (ESP). The first two dealt with physical, oceanographic, and ecological …
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€48.32
Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they …
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€48.57
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Implementing the New Biology
As the second decade of the 21st century begins, the challenge of how to feed a growing world population and provide sustainable, affordable energy to fulfill daily needs, while also improving human …
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€36.14
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry
To improve screening of containerized cargo for nuclear and radiological material that might be entering the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to deploy new …
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€36.24
Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
A 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 …
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€42.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: National Earthquake Resilience
The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is …
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€46.75
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings: Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters (PDF
Less than a month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, letters containing spores of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis, or B. anthracis) were sent through the U.S. mail. Between October 4 and …
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€56.59
Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Forms Technology and Performance
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons …
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€66.47
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Renewable Fuel Standard
In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability …
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€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry in Primetime and Online
It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in …
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€34.65
Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. …
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€17.36
Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
A nuclear weapon or a significant quantity of special nuclear material (SNM) would be of great value to a terrorist or other adversary. It might have particular value if acquired from a U.S. …
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€18.09
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations: Climate Stabilization Targets
Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth’s climate. Because carbon dioxide in the …
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€75.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts: Understanding Earth’s Deep Past
There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth’s climate on a decadal to century time-scale. By the end of this century, without a reduction in emissions, …
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€40.00
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts: Understanding Earth’s Deep Past
There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth’s climate on a decadal to century time-scale. By the end of this century, without a reduction in emissions, …
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€42.23
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Special Immunizations Program for Laboratory Personnel Engaged in Research on Countermeasures for Select Agents: Protecting the Frontline in Biodefense Research
The U.S. Army’s Special Immunizations Program is an important component of an overall biosafety program for laboratory workers at risk of exposure to hazardous pathogens. The program provides …
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€45.23
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Special Immunizations Program for Laboratory Personnel Engaged in Research on Countermeasures for Select Agents: Protecting the Frontline in Biodefense Research
The U.S. Army’s Special Immunizations Program is an important component of an overall biosafety program for laboratory workers at risk of exposure to hazardous pathogens. The program provides …
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€48.21
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience: Building Community Disaster Resilience Through Private-Public Collaboration
Natural disasters–including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods–caused more than 220, 000 deaths worldwide in the first half of 2010 and wreaked havoc on homes, buildings, and …
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€57.22
Committee on Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Missouri River Planning
Historically, the flow of sediment in the Missouri River has been as important as the flow of water for a variety of river functions. The sediment has helped form a dynamic network of islands, …
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€63.68
Committee on the Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation’s Tsunami Preparedness & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tsunami Warning and Preparedness
Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis. After the catastrophic 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, legislation was passed to expand U.S. tsunami warning capabilities. Since …
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€83.07
Committee on Assessing Requirements for Sustained Ocean Color Research and Operations & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the Requirements for Sustained Ocean Color Research and Operations
The ocean is a fundamental component of the earth’s biosphere. It covers roughly 70 percent of Earth’s surface and plays a pivotal role in the cycling of life’s building blocks, such as nitrogen, …
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€47.50
Committee on Assessing Requirements for Sustained Ocean Color Research and Operations & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the Requirements for Sustained Ocean Color Research and Operations
The ocean is a fundamental component of the earth’s biosphere. It covers roughly 70 percent of Earth’s surface and plays a pivotal role in the cycling of life’s building blocks, such as nitrogen, …
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€49.78
Board on Life Sciences & Chinese Academy of Sciences: Life Sciences and Related Fields
During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the biosecurity implications of developments in the life …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Chinese Academy of Sciences: Life Sciences and Related Fields
During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the biosecurity implications of developments in the life …
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€50.90
Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is North America’s largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, …
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€63.89
Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay is North America’s largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, …
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€66.40
Committee for the Workshop on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems
The polar regions are experiencing rapid changes in climate. These changes are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels, including …
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€25.10
Committee for the Workshop on Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems
The polar regions are experiencing rapid changes in climate. These changes are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels, including …
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€25.93
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood …
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€3.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood …
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€33.49
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: An Update: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory–the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice–now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an …
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€121.81
Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Approaches for Ecosystem Services Valuation for the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Hor
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform drilling the Macondo well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (DWH) exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring another 17. The DWH oil spill resulted in …
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€3.78
Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Approaches for Ecosystem Services Valuation for the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Hor
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform drilling the Macondo well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (DWH) exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring another 17. The DWH oil spill resulted in …
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€58.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is ubiquitous in indoor and outdoor air, and everyone is exposed to formaldehyde at some concentration daily. Formaldehyde is used to produce a wide array of products, particularly …
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€53.14
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is ubiquitous in indoor and outdoor air, and everyone is exposed to formaldehyde at some concentration daily. Formaldehyde is used to produce a wide array of products, particularly …
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€55.85
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan
The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, channelization, pumps, human development, introduced …
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€30.41
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan
The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, channelization, pumps, human development, introduced …
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€31.88
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Risk-Characterization Framework for Decision-Making at the Food and Drug Administration
With the responsibility to ensure the safety of food, drugs, and other products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces decisions that may have public-health consequences every day. Often …
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€52.75
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Risk-Characterization Framework for Decision-Making at the Food and Drug Administration
With the responsibility to ensure the safety of food, drugs, and other products, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces decisions that may have public-health consequences every day. Often …
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€55.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Although the progress of environmental restoration projects in the Florida Everglades remains slow overall, there have been improvements in the pace of restoration and in the relationship between the …
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€106.81
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering ResearchaÂ&A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools: Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research
As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its communities, infrastructure, and citizens. Recent earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand, …
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€40.59
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering ResearchaÂ&A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools: Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research (ePUB
As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its communities, infrastructure, and citizens. Recent earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand, …
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€42.71
Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world’s last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica is …
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€3.78
Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world’s last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica is …
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€60.41
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animal Research in a Global Environment
Animal research will play an essential role in efforts to meet increasing demands for global health care. Yet the animal research community faces the challenge of overcoming negative impressions that …
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€51.97
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animal Research in a Global Environment
Animal research will play an essential role in efforts to meet increasing demands for global health care. Yet the animal research community faces the challenge of overcoming negative impressions that …
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€54.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications: Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure
Combustion has provided society with most of its energy needs for millenia, from igniting the fires of cave dwellers to propelling the rockets that traveled to the Moon. Even in the face of climate …
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€37.69
Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water
The human-mediated introduction of species to regions of the world they could never reach by natural means has had great impacts on the environment, the economy, and society. In the ocean, these …
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€42.97
Committee on Assessing Numeric Limits for Living Organisms in Ballast Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water
The human-mediated introduction of species to regions of the world they could never reach by natural means has had great impacts on the environment, the economy, and society. In the ocean, these …
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€46.68
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings: Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters (ePU
Less than a month after the September 11, 2001 attacks, letters containing spores of anthrax bacteria (Bacillus anthracis, or B. anthracis) were sent through the U.S. mail. Between October 4 and …
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€59.83
Committee on an Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S. Ocean Research in 2030 & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030
The United States has jurisdiction over 3.4 million square miles of ocean in its exclusive economic zone, a size exceeding the combined land area of the 50 states. This expansive marine area …
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€40.44
Committee on Hydrologic Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Change and Extreme Hydrology
Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, …
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€31.69
Committee on Hydrologic Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Change and Extreme Hydrology
Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, …
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€32.95
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program: National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring
The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program: National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring
The Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR) of the National Weather Service (NWS) was a large and complex re-engineering of a federal agency. The process lasted a decade and cost an …
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€51.20
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Health Impact Assessment: Improving Health in the United States
Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to confronting the nation’s health problems and enhancing public well-being. Some policies and programs historically not …
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€45.27
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Health Impact Assessment: Improving Health in the United States
Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to confronting the nation’s health problems and enhancing public well-being. Some policies and programs historically not …
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€48.25
Committee on the Review of the Scientific Accomplishments and Assessment of the Potential for Future Transformative Discoveries with U.S.-Supported Scientific Ocean Drilling & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Ocean Drilling
Through direct exploration of the subseafloor, U.S.-supported scientific ocean drilling programs have significantly contributed to a broad range of scientific accomplishments in Earth science …
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€3.77
Committee on the Review of the Scientific Accomplishments and Assessment of the Potential for Future Transformative Discoveries with U.S.-Supported Scientific Ocean Drilling & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Ocean Drilling
Through direct exploration of the subseafloor, U.S.-supported scientific ocean drilling programs have significantly contributed to a broad range of scientific accomplishments in Earth science …
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€57.61
Committee on Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents
The Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT) has been a unique component of the U.S. Department of Defense (Do D) medical biodefense efforts since 2006. Its mission is to advance countermeasure …
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€3.78
Committee on Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Animal Models for Assessing Countermeasures to Bioterrorism Agents
The Transformational Medical Technologies (TMT) has been a unique component of the U.S. Department of Defense (Do D) medical biodefense efforts since 2006. Its mission is to advance countermeasure …
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€55.78
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation: New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences
The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sciences serves five national imperatives: (1) …
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€3.79
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation: New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences
The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sciences serves five national imperatives: (1) …
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€54.22
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications
The publication of research articles involving animal studies is central to many disciplines in science and biomedicine. Effective descriptions in such publications enable researchers to interpret …
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€29.65
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications
The publication of research articles involving animal studies is central to many disciplines in science and biomedicine. Effective descriptions in such publications enable researchers to interpret …
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€30.41
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. …
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€75.46
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. …
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€82.35
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, …
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€3.76
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, …
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€55.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy: Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy
In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy: Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy
In May 2007, the National Academies Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a public workshop on the topic of Bioinspired Chemistry for Energy, where government, academic, and industry representatives …
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€43.72
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The worldwide expansion of nuclear energy has been accompanied by concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. If sited in states that do not possess nuclear weapons technology, some civilian …
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€3.79
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Uranium Mining in Virginia
Uranium mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been prohibited since 1982 by a state moratorium, although approval for restricted uranium exploration in the state was granted in 2007. Uranium …
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€3.78
Bibliotheca Alexandrina & Board on Life Sciences: Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential
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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€3.76
Bibliotheca Alexandrina & Board on Life Sciences: Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential
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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€36.14
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Feasibility of Using Mycoherbicides for Controlling Illicit Drug Crops
The control of illicit-drug trafficking and drug use is a difficult and complex process that involves a variety of prevention, control, treatment, and law enforcement strategies. Eradication …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Feasibility of Using Mycoherbicides for Controlling Illicit Drug Crops
The control of illicit-drug trafficking and drug use is a difficult and complex process that involves a variety of prevention, control, treatment, and law enforcement strategies. Eradication …
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€49.86
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on A Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease: Toward Precision Medicine
Motivated 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 …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on A Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease: Toward Precision Medicine
Motivated 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 …
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€55.84
Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences
New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of the …
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€3.77
Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences
New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of the …
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€61.03
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Opportunities and Challenges for International Science at the U.S. Geological Survey: International Science in the National Interest at the U.S. Geological Survey
Science at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is intrinsically global, and from early in its history, the USGS has successfully carried out international projects that serve U.S. national interests …
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Opportunities and Challenges for International Science at the U.S. Geological Survey: International Science in the National Interest at the U.S. Geological Survey
Science at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is intrinsically global, and from early in its history, the USGS has successfully carried out international projects that serve U.S. national interests …
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€60.65
Committee on the Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach to Meeting Future Water Supply Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Reuse
Expanding water reuse–the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation–could significantly increase the nation’s total …
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€3.73
Committee on the Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach to Meeting Future Water Supply Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Reuse
Expanding water reuse–the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation–could significantly increase the nation’s total …
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€75.45
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data: Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data (
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products produced …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Study of Food Safety and Other Consequences of Publishing Establishment-Specific Data: Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data (
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg products produced …
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€51.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry in Primetime and Online
It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in …
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€36.22
Committee on Waste Forms Technology and Performance & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Forms Technology and Performance
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons …
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€69.48
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: National Earthquake Resilience
The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is …
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€48.24
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
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€3.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Assuring a Future U.S.-Based Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
The growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the urgent needs to protect the nation against external nuclear threats, to maintain our nuclear weapons …
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€66.92
Committee to Review the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
The St. Johns River Water Management District is responsible for managing water resources in the St. Johns River basin, which comprises 23 percent of Florida. Approximately 4.73 million people …
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Committee to Review the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
The St. Johns River Water Management District is responsible for managing water resources in the St. Johns River basin, which comprises 23 percent of Florida. Approximately 4.73 million people …
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€60.24
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories
During July 10-13, 2011, 68 participants from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a workshop organized by the United States National Research Council on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges …
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Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories: Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories
During July 10-13, 2011, 68 participants from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a workshop organized by the United States National Research Council on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges …
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€55.76
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
Synthetic biology — unlike any research discipline that precedes it — has the potential to bypass the less predictable process of evolution to usher in a new and dynamic way of working with living …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Positioning Synthetic Biology to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
Synthetic biology — unlike any research discipline that precedes it — has the potential to bypass the less predictable process of evolution to usher in a new and dynamic way of working with living …
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€45.59
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles
Small particles are ubiquitous in the natural and built worlds and have tremendous impact throughout. However, a lack of understanding about the properties and chemical composition of small particles …
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€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Challenges in Characterizing Small Particles
Small particles are ubiquitous in the natural and built worlds and have tremendous impact throughout. However, a lack of understanding about the properties and chemical composition of small particles …
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€51.30
Committee on the Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008 & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons and Legacies of International Polar Year 2007-2008
International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY) was an intense, coordinated field campaign of observations, research, and analysis. It was the largest, most comprehensive campaign ever mounted to explore …
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€3.76
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Animal Research Regulations
Animals 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 …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: International Animal Research Regulations
Animals 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 …
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€42.45
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Urban Meteorology
According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to experience urbanization with its vast urban corridors on …
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€3.78
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Urban Meteorology
According to the United Nations, three out of five people will be living in cities worldwide by the year 2030. The United States continues to experience urbanization with its vast urban corridors on …
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€71.89
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Draft Strategic Plan
The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as "global change research." Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation, …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Draft Strategic Plan
The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as "global change research." Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation, …
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€42.22
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors
Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is used for two major civilian purposes: as fuel for research reactors and as targets for medical isotope production. This material can be dangerous in the wrong hands. …
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€3.79
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for Converting U.S. and Russian Research Reactors
Highly enriched uranium (HEU) is used for two major civilian purposes: as fuel for research reactors and as targets for medical isotope production. This material can be dangerous in the wrong hands. …
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€52.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
The nanotechnology sector, which generated about $225 billion in product sales in 2009, is predicted to expand rapidly over the next decade with the development of new technologies that have new …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
The nanotechnology sector, which generated about $225 billion in product sales in 2009, is predicted to expand rapidly over the next decade with the development of new technologies that have new …
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€69.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies
In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal energy development, have been found or suspected to …
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€3.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies
In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal energy development, have been found or suspected to …
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€75.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
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€40.41
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
At the request of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council has reviewed the relevant scientific literature compiled by an expert panel and …
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Committee to Review EPA’s Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the EPA’s Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients f
The 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 …
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Committee to Review EPA’s Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the EPA’s Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients f
The 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 …
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€51.23
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience: Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
The use of hazardous chemicals such as methyl isocyanate can be a significant concern to the residents of communities adjacent to chemical facilities, but is often an integral part of the chemical …
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€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Inherently Safer Chemical Processes: The Use of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience: Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience
The use of hazardous chemicals such as methyl isocyanate can be a significant concern to the residents of communities adjacent to chemical facilities, but is often an integral part of the chemical …
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€66.88
Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear FacilitiesaÂ&Phase I & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities
In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities …
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€3.78
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are …
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington
Tide gauges show that global sea level has risen about 7 inches during the 20th century, and recent satellite data show that the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating. As Earth warms, sea levels are …
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€66.12
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience
Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond …
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience
Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond …
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€60.83
Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta
Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California’s San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California’s water supply …
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€3.73
Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta
Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California’s San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California’s water supply …
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€65.36
Board on Higher Education and Workforce & Board on Life Sciences: Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape
The National Research Council (NRC) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have released a new report, Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Based on a …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Thinking Evolutionarily
Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Thinking Evolutionarily
Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often …
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€43.41
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education; Board on Chemical Sciences: Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education
Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of synthetic organic chemists, are drastically paring back their research divisions to …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education; Board on Chemical Sciences: Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education
Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of synthetic organic chemists, are drastically paring back their research divisions to …
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€46.83
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating companion animals and investigating animal diseases in …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating companion animals and investigating animal diseases in …
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€72.40
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures
The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is accompanied by growing concerns about the risks …
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€3.79
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures
The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is accompanied by growing concerns about the risks …
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€43.73
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
Safeguarding U.S. agriculture from foreign animal diseases and protecting our food system require cutting-edge research and diagnostic capabilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
Safeguarding U.S. agriculture from foreign animal diseases and protecting our food system require cutting-edge research and diagnostic capabilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the …
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€48.66
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so …
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€66.27
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program: Weather Services for the Nation
During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Weather Service (NWS) undertook a major program called the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR). The MAR was officially completed in 2000. No …
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Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program: Weather Services for the Nation
During the 1980s and 1990s, the National Weather Service (NWS) undertook a major program called the Modernization and Associated Restructuring (MAR). The MAR was officially completed in 2000. No …
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€47.20
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on a National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling: National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling
As climate change has pushed climate patterns outside of historic norms, the need for detailed projections is growing across all sectors, including agriculture, insurance, and emergency preparedness …
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Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on a National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling: National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling
As climate change has pushed climate patterns outside of historic norms, the need for detailed projections is growing across all sectors, including agriculture, insurance, and emergency preparedness …
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€75.34
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States
Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of algal biofuels to meet even 5 percent of U.S. …
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€3.78
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States
Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of algal biofuels to meet even 5 percent of U.S. …
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€75.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Transforming Glycoscience
A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Transforming Glycoscience
A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine, energy generation, and materials science, this …
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€54.31
Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate & Committee on Population: Himalayan Glaciers
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu …
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Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate & Committee on Population: Himalayan Glaciers
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu …
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€60.38
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Meeting Critical Laboratory Needs for Animal Agriculture
Outbreaks of animal disease can have catastrophic repercussions for animal agriculture, the food supply, and public health. Rapid detection, diagnosis and response, as well as development of new …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Meeting Critical Laboratory Needs for Animal Agriculture
Outbreaks of animal disease can have catastrophic repercussions for animal agriculture, the food supply, and public health. Rapid detection, diagnosis and response, as well as development of new …
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€56.16
Committee on the Evaluation of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit DEIS and Peer Review & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
In May 2012, the National Park Service (NPS) asked the National Research Council to conduct a scientific review of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to evaluate the effects of issuing a …
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Committee on the Evaluation of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company Special Use Permit DEIS and Peer Review & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific Review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
In May 2012, the National Park Service (NPS) asked the National Research Council to conduct a scientific review of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to evaluate the effects of issuing a …
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€43.57
Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Preparing for the Third Decade of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
The first two decades of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program have provided a successful and useful assessment of U.S. water-quality conditions, how they …
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€3.77
Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Preparing for the Third Decade of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
The first two decades of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program have provided a successful and useful assessment of U.S. water-quality conditions, how they …
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€59.91
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science in the 21st Century: Advancing Strategic Science
Science is increasingly driven by data, and spatial data underpin the science directions laid out in the 2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Strategy. A robust framework of spatial data, …
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€3.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science in the 21st Century: Advancing Strategic Science
Science is increasingly driven by data, and spatial data underpin the science directions laid out in the 2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Strategy. A robust framework of spatial data, …
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€48.32
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Exposure Science in the 21st Century
From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day–many with the potential to affect health. Exposure Science in the …
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€3.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century: Exposure Science in the 21st Century
From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day–many with the potential to affect health. Exposure Science in the …
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€54.81
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure
Over 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 …
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Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure
Over 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 …
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€48.29
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Science for EPA’s Future: Science for Environmental Protection
In anticipation of future environmental science and engineering challenges and technologic advances, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the overall capabilities of the agency to …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee to Review the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Management Program: Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program
Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management’s oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee to Review the Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse and Burro Management Program: Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program
Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management’s oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal …
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€82.91
Committee on the Future of Arctic Sea Ice Research in Support of Seasonal to Decadal Prediction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Seasonal to Decadal Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice
Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the …
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€3.75
Committee on the Future of Arctic Sea Ice Research in Support of Seasonal to Decadal Prediction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Seasonal to Decadal Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice
Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the …
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€48.61
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (Do D’s) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilities enabling he U.S. Armed Forces to fight and win …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (Do D’s) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilities enabling he U.S. Armed Forces to fight and win …
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€54.40
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
Preserving the efficacy of herbicides and of herbicide-resistance technology depends on awareness of the increasing resistance of weeds to herbicides used in agriculture and coordinated action to …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Summit on Strategies to Manage Herbicide-Resistant Weeds
Preserving the efficacy of herbicides and of herbicide-resistance technology depends on awareness of the increasing resistance of weeds to herbicides used in agriculture and coordinated action to …
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€39.22
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food
The U.S. food system provides many benefits, not the least of which is a safe, nutritious and consistent food supply. However, the same system also creates significant environmental, public health, …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food
The U.S. food system provides many benefits, not the least of which is a safe, nutritious and consistent food supply. However, the same system also creates significant environmental, public health, …
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€48.10
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Potential Health Risks from Recurrent Lead Exposure of DOD Firing Range Personnel: Potential Health Risks to DOD Firing-Range Personnel from Recurrent Lead Exposure
Lead is a ubiquitous metal in the environment, and its adverse effects on human health are well documented. Lead interacts at multiple cellular sites and can alter protein function in part through …
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€3.78
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries
Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation’s fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used …
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€3.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries
Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation’s fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used …
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€82.97
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza
When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian …
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€3.77
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Perspectives on Research with H5N1 Avian Influenza
When, in late 2011, it became public knowledge that two research groups had submitted for publication manuscripts that reported on their work on mammalian transmissibility of a lethal H5N1 avian …
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€48.24
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence
We live in a changing world with multiple and evolving threats to national security, including terrorism, asymmetrical warfare (conflicts between agents with different military powers or tactics), …
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€3.76
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Marine and Hydrokinetic Resource Assessments
Increasing renewable energy development, both within the United States and abroad, has rekindled interest in the potential for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) resources to contribute to electricity …
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€3.76
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Marine and Hydrokinetic Resource Assessments
Increasing renewable energy development, both within the United States and abroad, has rekindled interest in the potential for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) resources to contribute to electricity …
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€62.23
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants
The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15, 900 deaths and 2, 600 missing persons as …
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€3.80
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants
The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15, 900 deaths and 2, 600 missing persons as …
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€98.55
Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation’s Subsurface Remediation Effort & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Alternatives for Managing the Nation’s Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
Across 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 …
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€3.73
Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation’s Subsurface Remediation Effort & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Alternatives for Managing the Nation’s Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
Across 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 …
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€97.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development
For thousands of years, the underground has provided humans refuge, useful resources, physical support for surface structures, and a place for spiritual or artistic expression. More recently, many …
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€3.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Underground Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development
For thousands of years, the underground has provided humans refuge, useful resources, physical support for surface structures, and a place for spiritual or artistic expression. More recently, many …
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€72.41
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization
Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop …
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€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization
Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop …
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€47.20
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Renewable Fuel Standard
In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the sustainability …
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€83.65
Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is a cornerstone in the U.S. …
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€3.76
Committee on Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is a cornerstone in the U.S. …
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€64.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting …
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€3.79
Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weapons-and therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to …
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€3.73
Committee on Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Assessment of the Proliferation Risk of Nuclear Fuel Cycles
The material that sustains the nuclear reactions that produce energy can also be used to make nuclear weapons-and therefore, the development of nuclear energy is one of multiple pathways to …
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€48.10
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA: Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are responsible for protecting species that are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA: Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are responsible for protecting species that are listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species …
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€64.83
Bibliotheca Alexandrina & Board on Life Sciences: Developing Capacities for Teaching Responsible Science in the MENA Region
Spurred on by new discoveries and rapid technological advances, the capacity for life science research is expanding across the globe-and with it comes concerns about the unintended impacts of …
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€3.78
Bibliotheca Alexandrina & Board on Life Sciences: Developing Capacities for Teaching Responsible Science in the MENA Region
Spurred on by new discoveries and rapid technological advances, the capacity for life science research is expanding across the globe-and with it comes concerns about the unintended impacts of …
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€54.25
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Trends and Opportunities in Federal Earth Science Education and Workforce Development: Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists
Earth science, which in this context does not include oceanic, atmospheric, and space sciences, is vital to the wellbeing of the United States and many of its issues, such as water resources, are …
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€3.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Trends and Opportunities in Federal Earth Science Education and Workforce Development: Preparing the Next Generation of Earth Scientists
Earth science, which in this context does not include oceanic, atmospheric, and space sciences, is vital to the wellbeing of the United States and many of its issues, such as water resources, are …
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€52.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Urban Forestry
Much of the ecological research in the past decades has focused on rural or wilderness areas. Today, however, ecological research has been taking place in our cities, where our everyday decisions can …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Urban Forestry
Much of the ecological research in the past decades has focused on rural or wilderness areas. Today, however, ecological research has been taking place in our cities, where our everyday decisions can …
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€48.61
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Evaluating NOAA’s Plan to Mitigate the Loss of Total Solar Irradiance Measurements from Space: Review of NOAA Working Group Report on Maintaining the Continuation of Long-term Satellite Total Solar
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. Maintaining an unbroken …
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€3.79
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Evaluating NOAA’s Plan to Mitigate the Loss of Total Solar Irradiance Measurements from Space: Review of NOAA Working Group Report on Maintaining the Continuation of Long-term Satellite Total Solar
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. Maintaining an unbroken …
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€61.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and Its Impacts: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change
Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth’s atmosphere for a very, very long time. Lacking …
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€3.77
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and Its Impacts: Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change
Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth’s atmosphere for a very, very long time. Lacking …
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€98.00
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling: Advancing Land Change Modeling
People 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 …
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€3.73
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling: Advancing Land Change Modeling
People 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 …
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€51.65
Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in
As the Gulf of Mexico recovers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource managers face the challenge of understanding the impacts of the spill and setting priorities for restoration …
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€3.78
Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in
As the Gulf of Mexico recovers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource managers face the challenge of understanding the impacts of the spill and setting priorities for restoration …
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€72.41
Committee on Evaluating the Performance Measures and Metrics Development for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture
The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols …
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€3.75
Committee on Evaluating the Performance Measures and Metrics Development for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture
The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel, with the supporting information exchanges, programs, and protocols …
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€46.58
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
At the request of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council has reviewed the relevant scientific literature compiled by an expert panel and …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
At the request of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council has reviewed the relevant scientific literature compiled by an expert panel and …
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€66.49
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 15 identifies, reviews, and interprets relevant toxicologic and other scientific data for ethyl mercaptan, methyl mercaptan, …
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€3.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Volume 15 identifies, reviews, and interprets relevant toxicologic and other scientific data for ethyl mercaptan, methyl mercaptan, …
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€66.33
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
Despite the increase in funding for research and the rising numbers of peer-reviewed publications over the past decade that address the environmental, health, and safety aspects of engineered …
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€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
Despite the increase in funding for research and the rising numbers of peer-reviewed publications over the past decade that address the environmental, health, and safety aspects of engineered …
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€58.90
Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Delta Waters
The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems, both within the …
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€3.79
Committee on Strategic Research for Integrated Water Resources Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Delta Waters
The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems, both within the …
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€54.31
Committee on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Stock Rebuilding Plans of the 2006 Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fish Stock Rebuilding Plans in the United States
In the United States (U.S.), the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, now known as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), was the first major legislation …
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€3.77
Committee on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Stock Rebuilding Plans of the 2006 Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fish Stock Rebuilding Plans in the United States
In the United States (U.S.), the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, now known as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), was the first major legislation …
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€60.24
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Undergraduate Chemistry Education
Undergraduate Chemistry Education is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2013 by the Chemical Science Roundtable of the National Research Council to explore the current state of undergraduate …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Undergraduate Chemistry Education
Undergraduate Chemistry Education is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2013 by the Chemical Science Roundtable of the National Research Council to explore the current state of undergraduate …
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€48.82
AMC-NRC Joint Working Group on Ocean Sciences & Academia Mexicana de Ciencias: Building Ocean Science Partnerships
Building Ocean Science Partnerships describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, particularly focused on the …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Inorganic Arsenic: Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. IRIS assessments provide hazard …
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€3.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Inorganic Arsenic: Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. IRIS assessments provide hazard …
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€48.30
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s State of the Science Paper on Nonmonotonic Dose Reponse: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s State-of-the-Science Evaluation of Nonmonotonic Dose-Response Relationships
Potential health effects from chemicals that disrupt endocrine function pose an environmental health concern because of their ability to interfere with normal hormone function in human and wildlife …
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€3.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s State of the Science Paper on Nonmonotonic Dose Reponse: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s State-of-the-Science Evaluation of Nonmonotonic Dose-Response Relationships
Potential health effects from chemicals that disrupt endocrine function pose an environmental health concern because of their ability to interfere with normal hormone function in human and wildlife …
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€40.93
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable in September 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development
Technological Challenges in Antibiotic Discovery and Development is the summary of a workshop convened by the Chemical Sciences Roundtable in September 2013 to explore the current state of antibiotic …
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€39.46
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin
Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council to examine the geology and unconventional …
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€3.80
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin
Development of Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources in the Appalachian Basin is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council to examine the geology and unconventional …
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€43.71
Committee on Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment
U.S. Arctic waters north of the Bering Strait and west of the Canadian border encompass a vast area that is usually ice covered for much of the year, but is increasingly experiencing longer periods …
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€3.77
Committee on Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment
U.S. Arctic waters north of the Bering Strait and west of the Canadian border encompass a vast area that is usually ice covered for much of the year, but is increasingly experiencing longer periods …
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€71.48
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture
The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: Spurring Innovation in Food and Agriculture
The United States embarked on bold polices to enhance its food and agricultural system during the last half of the 19th century, investing first in the education of people and soon thereafter in …
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€60.12
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Human-Systems Integration: Safe Science
Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Human-Systems Integration: Safe Science
Recent serious and sometimes fatal accidents in chemical research laboratories at United States universities have driven government agencies, professional societies, industries, and universities …
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€54.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€3.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€90.37
Committee on Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Ecosystems: A Workshop & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Related Ecological Characteristics
Permafrost is a thermal condition — its formation, persistence and disappearance are highly dependent on climate. General circulation models predict that, for a doubling of atmospheric …
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€3.76
Committee on Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Ecosystems: A Workshop & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities to Use Remote Sensing in Understanding Permafrost and Related Ecological Characteristics
Permafrost is a thermal condition — its formation, persistence and disappearance are highly dependent on climate. General circulation models predict that, for a doubling of atmospheric …
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€70.89
Committee on the Review of the National Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan
The world’s ocean has already experienced a 30% rise in acidity since the industrial revolution, with acidity expected to rise 100 to 150% over preindustrial levels by the end of this century. …
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€3.77
Committee on the Review of the National Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan
The world’s ocean has already experienced a 30% rise in acidity since the industrial revolution, with acidity expected to rise 100 to 150% over preindustrial levels by the end of this century. …
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€48.10
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health: Convergence
Convergence of the life sciences with fields including physical, chemical, mathematical, computational, engineering, and social sciences is a key strategy to tackle complex challenges and achieve new …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health: Convergence
Convergence of the life sciences with fields including physical, chemical, mathematical, computational, engineering, and social sciences is a key strategy to tackle complex challenges and achieve new …
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€53.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens: Review of the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens
Many people in the United States are exposed to styrene. Sources of environmental exposure included food (from migration of styrene from polymer packaging materials), cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens: Review of the Styrene Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens
Many people in the United States are exposed to styrene. Sources of environmental exposure included food (from migration of styrene from polymer packaging materials), cigarette smoke, vehicle exhaust …
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€59.27
Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Arctic in the Anthropocene
Once ice-bound, difficult to access, and largely ignored by the rest of the world, the Arctic is now front and center in the midst of many important questions facing the world today. Our daily …
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€3.78
Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Arctic in the Anthropocene
Once ice-bound, difficult to access, and largely ignored by the rest of the world, the Arctic is now front and center in the midst of many important questions facing the world today. Our daily …
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€83.65
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Linkages Between Arctic Sea Ice Loss and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns: A Workshop: Linkages Between Arctic Warming and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns
The Arctic has been undergoing significant changes in recent years. Average temperatures are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the world. The extent and thickness of sea ice is rapidly …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Linkages Between Arctic Sea Ice Loss and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns: A Workshop: Linkages Between Arctic Warming and Mid-Latitude Weather Patterns
The Arctic has been undergoing significant changes in recent years. Average temperatures are rising twice as fast as they are elsewhere in the world. The extent and thickness of sea ice is rapidly …
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€56.45
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Sustainable Infrastructures for Life Science Communication
Advances in the life sciences – from the human genome to biotechnology to personalized medicine and sustainable communities – have profound implications for the well-being of society and the natural …
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€3.80
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Sustainable Infrastructures for Life Science Communication
Advances in the life sciences – from the human genome to biotechnology to personalized medicine and sustainable communities – have profound implications for the well-being of society and the natural …
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€48.63
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing an Initial International Roadmap: Science Needs for Microbial Forensics
Microbial forensics is a scientific discipline dedicated to analyzing evidence from a bioterrorism act, biocrime, or inadvertent microorganism or toxin release for attribution purposes. This emerging …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing an Initial International Roadmap: Science Needs for Microbial Forensics
Microbial forensics is a scientific discipline dedicated to analyzing evidence from a bioterrorism act, biocrime, or inadvertent microorganism or toxin release for attribution purposes. This emerging …
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€67.87
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Stem Cell Therapies
Stem cells offer tremendous promise for advancing health and medicine. Whether being used to replace damaged cells and organs or else by supporting the body’s intrinsic repair mechanisms, stem cells …
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€3.76
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Stem Cell Therapies
Stem cells offer tremendous promise for advancing health and medicine. Whether being used to replace damaged cells and organs or else by supporting the body’s intrinsic repair mechanisms, stem cells …
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€48.57
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While …
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€3.75
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making Regarding Contaminated Sites
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management’s (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. While …
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€60.70
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the IRIS Process: Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process
The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a program within the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is responsible for developing toxicologic assessments of environmental …
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€3.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the IRIS Process: Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process
The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a program within the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is responsible for developing toxicologic assessments of environmental …
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€69.88
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€3.75
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€106.26
Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mississippi River Water Quality and Interstate Collaboration
Summary of a Workshop on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration summarizes presentations and discussions of Mississippi River and basin water quality management, …
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€3.76
Committee on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mississippi River Water Quality and Interstate Collaboration
Summary of a Workshop on Mississippi River Water Quality Science and Interstate Collaboration summarizes presentations and discussions of Mississippi River and basin water quality management, …
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€42.08
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts: Climate Intervention
The signals are everywhere that our planet is experiencing significant climate change. It is clear that we need to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from our …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts: Climate Intervention
The signals are everywhere that our planet is experiencing significant climate change. It is clear that we need to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from our …
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€60.38
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century
For over a century, field stations have been important entryways for scientists to study and make important discoveries about the natural world. They are centers of research, conservation, education, …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century
For over a century, field stations have been important entryways for scientists to study and make important discoveries about the natural world. They are centers of research, conservation, education, …
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€56.23
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on America’s Climate Choices: America’s Climate Choices
Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these …
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€36.42
Committee on Advanced Spectroscopic Portals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals
This letter is the abbreviated version of an update of the interim report on testing, evaluation, costs, and benefits of advanced spectroscopic portals (ASPs), issued by the National Academies’ …
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€25.59
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th …
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€106.14
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts
Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate …
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€3.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Reducing Coastal Risk on the East and Gulf Coasts
Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Climate …
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€66.14
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: All-of-Government Approach to Increase Resilience for International Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) events have the potential to destabilize governments, create conditions that exacerbate violence or promote terrorism. …
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€3.78
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: All-of-Government Approach to Increase Resilience for International Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) events have the potential to destabilize governments, create conditions that exacerbate violence or promote terrorism. …
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€51.77
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Board on Life Sciences: Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Change and Society & Board on Life Sciences: Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?
The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6 billion people by the year …
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€48.51
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment
Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment
Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in …
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€48.56
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives
Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to cause cancer and other …
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€3.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives
Historically, regulations governing chemical use have often focused on widely used chemicals and acute human health effects of exposure to them, as well as their potential to cause cancer and other …
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€73.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€3.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€67.85
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens: Review of the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinog
Many people in the United States are exposed to formaldehyde. Exposure can occur from environmental sources (for example, combustion processes, building materials, and tobacco smoke) or in …
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€3.73
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinogens: Review of the Formaldehyde Assessment in the National Toxicology Program 12th Report on Carcinog
Many people in the United States are exposed to formaldehyde. Exposure can occur from environmental sources (for example, combustion processes, building materials, and tobacco smoke) or in …
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€60.24
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability: Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making
In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes …
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€3.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Scientific Tools and Approaches for Sustainability: Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making
In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes …
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€58.61
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applies scientific results that have been provided by various parts of its own organization and by external organizations. The agency requires substantial …
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€3.80
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applies scientific results that have been provided by various parts of its own organization and by external organizations. The agency requires substantial …
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€58.85
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts: Climate Intervention
The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, …
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€3.79
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts: Climate Intervention
The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions, …
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€83.39
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Industrialization of Biology
The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century – from Watson and Crick’s elucidation of the structure of DNA to today’s astonishing, rapid progress in the field of synthetic biology – …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Industrialization of Biology
The tremendous progress in biology over the last half century – from Watson and Crick’s elucidation of the structure of DNA to today’s astonishing, rapid progress in the field of synthetic biology – …
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€71.86
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident
The 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 …
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€3.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident
The 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 …
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€36.20
Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sea Change
Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines – physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming …
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€3.76
Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sea Change
Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines – physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming …
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€54.22
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: BioWatch PCR Assays
Bio Watch is an air monitoring system deployed in jurisdictions around the country with the goal of detecting the presence of certain high risk pathogenic microorganisms. It relies on a network of …
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€3.79
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: BioWatch PCR Assays
Bio Watch is an air monitoring system deployed in jurisdictions around the country with the goal of detecting the presence of certain high risk pathogenic microorganisms. It relies on a network of …
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€63.39
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides: Review of California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation(DPR)conducts human health risk assessments as part of its mission to ensure the protection of workers and public health in the state. The risk …
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€3.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides: Review of California’s Risk-Assessment Process for Pesticides
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation(DPR)conducts human health risk assessments as part of its mission to ensure the protection of workers and public health in the state. The risk …
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€42.31
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research
On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the …
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€3.80
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research
On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the …
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€54.40
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee for the Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse or Burro Sterilization or Contraception: Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse and Burro Sterili
As a follow-up to the 2013 report Using Science to Improve the Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward, this letter report reviews research project proposals submitted to the Bureau of Land …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee for the Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse or Burro Sterilization or Contraception: Review of Proposals to the Bureau of Land Management on Wild Horse and Burro Sterili
As a follow-up to the 2013 report Using Science to Improve the Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward, this letter report reviews research project proposals submitted to the Bureau of Land …
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€7.52
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€3.77
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€66.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€67.82
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate change poses risks to human health and well-being through shifting weather patterns, increases in frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events, rising sea levels, …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Modeling the Health Risks of Climate Change
Climate change poses risks to human health and well-being through shifting weather patterns, increases in frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events, rising sea levels, …
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€48.26
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on National Statistics: Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are marketed and sold through private insurers, but with …
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€3.78
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on National Statistics: Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is housed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and offers insurance policies that are marketed and sold through private insurers, but with …
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€60.65
Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Backscatter X-Ray Machines & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines
Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on …
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€3.73
Committee on Airport Passenger Screening: Backscatter X-Ray Machines & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Airport Passenger Screening Using Backscatter X-Ray Machines
Passenger screening at commercial airports in the United States has gone through significant changes since the events of September 11, 2001. In response to increased concern over terrorist attacks on …
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€82.38
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program: Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-Lying Structures in the F
Floods 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 …
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€3.76
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program: Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-Lying Structures in the F
Floods 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 …
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€52.84
Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study
The 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 …
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€3.76
Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study Technical Data Report & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study
The 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 …
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€51.25
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Mesoscale Chemistry
In the last few decades great strides have been made in chemistry at the nanoscale, where the atomic granularity of matter and the exact positions of individual atoms are key determinants of …
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€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Mesoscale Chemistry
In the last few decades great strides have been made in chemistry at the nanoscale, where the atomic granularity of matter and the exact positions of individual atoms are key determinants of …
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€53.90
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Transportation of Laboratory Animals
The obligation to treat animals used in research ethically and humanely extends beyond their lives in the laboratory to include their transportation from place to place. Yet transporting animals is a …
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€3.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Transportation of Laboratory Animals
The obligation to treat animals used in research ethically and humanely extends beyond their lives in the laboratory to include their transportation from place to place. Yet transporting animals is a …
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€56.15
Committee on the Development of a Strategic Vision for the U.S. Antarctic Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research
Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific research has produced a wide array of important and exciting scientific advances. Spanning oceanography to tectonics, microbiology to astrophysics, the extreme …
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€3.77
Committee on the Development of a Strategic Vision for the U.S. Antarctic Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research
Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific research has produced a wide array of important and exciting scientific advances. Spanning oceanography to tectonics, microbiology to astrophysics, the extreme …
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€72.29
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Public Engagement on Genetically Modified Organisms
The National Research Council’s Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, DC to explore the public interfaces between …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Public Engagement on Genetically Modified Organisms
The National Research Council’s Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, DC to explore the public interfaces between …
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€54.25
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Community-Based Flood Insurance Options: Community-Based Flood Insurance Option
River and coastal floods are among the nation’s most costly natural disasters. One component in the nation’s approach to managing flood risk is availability of flood insurance policies, which are …
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€3.79
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Community-Based Flood Insurance Options: Community-Based Flood Insurance Option
River and coastal floods are among the nation’s most costly natural disasters. One component in the nation’s approach to managing flood risk is availability of flood insurance policies, which are …
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€66.34
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Application of Modern Toxicology Approaches for Predicting Acute Toxicity for Chemical Defense
The US Department of Defense (DOD) is faced with an overwhelming task in evaluating chemicals that could potentially pose a threat to its deployed personnel. There are over 84, 000 registered …
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€3.73
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Application of Modern Toxicology Approaches for Predicting Acute Toxicity for Chemical Defense
The US Department of Defense (DOD) is faced with an overwhelming task in evaluating chemicals that could potentially pose a threat to its deployed personnel. There are over 84, 000 registered …
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€71.26
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
The U.S. National Climate Assessment identified a number of ways in which climate change is affecting, and is likely to affect, people, infrastructure, natural resources, and ecosystems. Those …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Review of the Draft Interagency Report on the Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
The U.S. National Climate Assessment identified a number of ways in which climate change is affecting, and is likely to affect, people, infrastructure, natural resources, and ecosystems. Those …
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€42.50
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Science Education: Effective Chemistry Communication in Informal Environments
Chemistry plays a critical role in daily life, impacting areas such as medicine and health, consumer products, energy production, the ecosystem, and many other areas. Communicating about chemistry in …
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€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Science Education: Effective Chemistry Communication in Informal Environments
Chemistry plays a critical role in daily life, impacting areas such as medicine and health, consumer products, energy production, the ecosystem, and many other areas. Communicating about chemistry in …
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€61.03
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Trust and Confidence at the Interfaces of the Life Sciences and Society
Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how science can be used to address such societal concerns …
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€3.79
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Trust and Confidence at the Interfaces of the Life Sciences and Society
Does the public trust science? Scientists? Scientific organizations? What roles do trust and the lack of trust play in public debates about how science can be used to address such societal concerns …
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€56.27
Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately …
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€3.79
Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors
The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and international security. Minimization, and ultimately …
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€66.33
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and Sharing of Performance Standards for Laboratory Animal Use
In order to better understand the critical issues pertaining to the concept of performance standards for laboratory animal use, the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Roundtable on Science and …
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€3.73
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and Sharing of Performance Standards for Laboratory Animal Use
In order to better understand the critical issues pertaining to the concept of performance standards for laboratory animal use, the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Roundtable on Science and …
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€60.89
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
The United States’ tradition of conserving fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources dates to the mid-19th century. States have long sought to manage fish and wildlife species within their …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
The United States’ tradition of conserving fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources dates to the mid-19th century. States have long sought to manage fish and wildlife species within their …
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€91.21
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Effects of Diluted Bitumen on the Environment: Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines
Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40 years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies and resulting …
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€3.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Effects of Diluted Bitumen on the Environment: Spills of Diluted Bitumen from Pipelines
Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40 years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies and resulting …
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€60.29
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Enhancing Participation in the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Enhancing Participation in the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to …
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€48.82
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums: Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums
When Congress authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, it intended for the program to encourage community initiatives in flood risk management, charge insurance premiums …
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€3.78
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications & Committee on Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums: Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums
When Congress authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, it intended for the program to encourage community initiatives in flood risk management, charge insurance premiums …
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€60.37
Committee for Convocation on Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Students who participate in scientific research as undergraduates report gaining many benefits from the experience. However, undergraduate research done independently under a faculty member’s …
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€3.79
Committee for Convocation on Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Students who participate in scientific research as undergraduates report gaining many benefits from the experience. However, undergraduate research done independently under a faculty member’s …
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€60.27
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Attribution: Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change
As climate has warmed over recent years, a new pattern of more frequent and more intense weather events has unfolded across the globe. Climate models simulate such changes in extreme events, and some …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Extreme Weather Events and Climate Change Attribution: Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change
As climate has warmed over recent years, a new pattern of more frequent and more intense weather events has unfolded across the globe. Climate models simulate such changes in extreme events, and some …
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€98.23
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Water Science and Technology Board: Using Graywater and Stormwater to Enhance Local Water Supplies
Chronic and episodic water shortages are becoming common in many regions of the United States, and population growth in water-scarce regions further compounds the challenges. Increasingly, …
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€3.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Water Science and Technology Board: Using Graywater and Stormwater to Enhance Local Water Supplies
Chronic and episodic water shortages are becoming common in many regions of the United States, and population growth in water-scarce regions further compounds the challenges. Increasingly, …
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€75.16
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Developing a U.S. Research Agenda to Advance Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasting: Next Generation Earth System Prediction
As the nations economic activities, security concerns, and stewardship of natural resources become increasingly complex and globally interrelated, they become ever more sensitive to adverse impacts …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Developing a U.S. Research Agenda to Advance Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasting: Next Generation Earth System Prediction
As the nations economic activities, security concerns, and stewardship of natural resources become increasingly complex and globally interrelated, they become ever more sensitive to adverse impacts …
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€144.96
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. N
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial …
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€3.73
Committee on Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. Nuclear Plants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety and Security of U.S. N
The U.S. Congress asked the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a technical study on lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident for improving safety and security of commercial …
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€82.91
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Identifying Transformative Research in the Geographical Sciences: Fostering Transformative Research in the Geographical Sciences
The central purpose of all research is to create new knowledge. In the geographical sciences this is driven by a desire to create new knowledge about the relations between space, place, and the …
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€3.73
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Identifying Transformative Research in the Geographical Sciences: Fostering Transformative Research in the Geographical Sciences
The central purpose of all research is to create new knowledge. In the geographical sciences this is driven by a desire to create new knowledge about the relations between space, place, and the …
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€61.75
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Refinements to the Methods for Developing Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines
Human 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 …
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€3.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Refinements to the Methods for Developing Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines
Human 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 …
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€36.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Management Toolkit Expansion: Standard Operating Procedures: Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security
The U.S. Department of State charged the Academies with the task of producing a protocol for development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that would serve as a complement to the Chemical …
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€3.80
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Management Toolkit Expansion: Standard Operating Procedures: Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security
The U.S. Department of State charged the Academies with the task of producing a protocol for development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) that would serve as a complement to the Chemical …
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€54.37
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects: Genetically Engineered Crops
Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects: Genetically Engineered Crops
Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their …
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€105.58
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Update to the Strategic Plan Document
The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed in 2012. The Strategic Plan sets out a research …
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€3.73
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Update to the Strategic Plan Document
The Update to the Strategic Plan (USP) is a supplement to the Ten-Year Strategic Plan of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) completed in 2012. The Strategic Plan sets out a research …
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€51.25
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms: Recommendations for Responsible Conduct: Gene Drives on the Horizon
Research on gene drive systems is rapidly advancing. Many proposed applications of gene drive research aim to solve environmental and public health challenges, including the reduction of poverty and …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms: Recommendations for Responsible Conduct: Gene Drives on the Horizon
Research on gene drive systems is rapidly advancing. Many proposed applications of gene drive research aim to solve environmental and public health challenges, including the reduction of poverty and …
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€99.18
Committee on Effective Approaches for Monitoring and Assessing Gulf of Mexico Restoration Activities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast communities and natural resources suffered extensive direct and indirect damage as a result of the largest accidental oil spill in US history, referred to as the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) …
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€3.76
Committee on Effective Approaches for Monitoring and Assessing Gulf of Mexico Restoration Activities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Effective Monitoring to Evaluate Ecological Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast communities and natural resources suffered extensive direct and indirect damage as a result of the largest accidental oil spill in US history, referred to as the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) …
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€82.67
Committee on the Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Mammals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Approaches to Understanding the Cumulative Effects of Stressors on Marine Mammals
Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills hundreds of thousands of marine mammals per year …
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€3.79
Committee on the Assessment of the Cumulative Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Marine Mammals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Approaches to Understanding the Cumulative Effects of Stressors on Marine Mammals
Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills hundreds of thousands of marine mammals per year …
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€83.60
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Gain-of-Function Research
On March 10-11, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public symposium on potential U.S. government policies for the oversight of gain-of- function (GOF) …
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€3.80
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Gain-of-Function Research
On March 10-11, 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a public symposium on potential U.S. government policies for the oversight of gain-of- function (GOF) …
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€72.95
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Transition Toward Sustainability After 15 Years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation: Transitioning Toward Sustainability
In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to reinvigorate the essential …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Transition Toward Sustainability After 15 Years: Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation: Transitioning Toward Sustainability
In 1999 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a landmark report, Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainability, which attempted to reinvigorate the essential …
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€59.50
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability: A Workshop: Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability
Many factors contribute to variability in Earths climate on a range of timescales, from seasons to decades. Natural climate variability arises from two different sources: (1) internal variability …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability: A Workshop: Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability
Many factors contribute to variability in Earths climate on a range of timescales, from seasons to decades. Natural climate variability arises from two different sources: (1) internal variability …
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€55.78
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Changing Landscape of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Chemical Production
A decade ago, the U.S. chemical industry was in decline. Of the more than 40 chemical manufacturing plants being built worldwide in the mid-2000s with more than $1 billion in capitalization, none …
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€3.73
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Changing Landscape of Hydrocarbon Feedstocks for Chemical Production
A decade ago, the U.S. chemical industry was in decline. Of the more than 40 chemical manufacturing plants being built worldwide in the mid-2000s with more than $1 billion in capitalization, none …
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€59.91
Committee on State of Molybdenum-99 Production and Utilization and Progress Toward Eliminating Use of Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
The decay product of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), technetium-99m (Tc-99m), and associated medical isotopes iodine-131 (I-131) and xenon-133 (Xe-133) are used worldwide for medical …
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€3.76
Committee on State of Molybdenum-99 Production and Utilization and Progress Toward Eliminating Use of Highly Enriched Uranium & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
The decay product of the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), technetium-99m (Tc-99m), and associated medical isotopes iodine-131 (I-131) and xenon-133 (Xe-133) are used worldwide for medical …
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€90.53
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established in 1990 to assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was established in 1990 to assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of …
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€56.91
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research
Our world is changing at an accelerating rate. The global human population has grown from 6.1 billion to 7.1 billion in the last 15 years and is projected to reach 11.2 billion by the end of the …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research: Future of Atmospheric Chemistry Research
Our world is changing at an accelerating rate. The global human population has grown from 6.1 billion to 7.1 billion in the last 15 years and is projected to reach 11.2 billion by the end of the …
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€70.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
Extremely hazardous substances can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents involving railroad cars and trucks transporting EHSs. Workers …
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€73.08
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment: Microbiomes of the Built Environment
Peoples desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans, and it is estimated …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment: Microbiomes of the Built Environment
Peoples desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans, and it is estimated …
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€83.74
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th …
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€3.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th …
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€113.07
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€3.75
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€55.78
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism (that is, biotechnology) have advanced, enabling the development of products that were not previously …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Preparing for Future Products of Biotechnology
Between 1973 and 2016, the ways to manipulate DNA to endow new characteristics in an organism (that is, biotechnology) have advanced, enabling the development of products that were not previously …
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€90.51
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Assessing Toxicologic Risks to Human Subjects Used in Controlled Exposure Studies of Environmental Pollutants: Controlled Human Inhalation-Exposure Studies at EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a mission and regulatory responsibility to protect human health and the environment. EPAs pursuit of that goal includes a variety of research …
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€3.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Assessing Toxicologic Risks to Human Subjects Used in Controlled Exposure Studies of Environmental Pollutants: Controlled Human Inhalation-Exposure Studies at EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a mission and regulatory responsibility to protect human health and the environment. EPAs pursuit of that goal includes a variety of research …
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€73.65
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flowback and Produced Waters
Produced water"water from underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas production"is the greatest volume byproduct associated with oil and gas production. It is …
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€3.76
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flowback and Produced Waters
Produced water"water from underground formations that is brought to the surface during oil and gas production"is the greatest volume byproduct associated with oil and gas production. It is …
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€82.35
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students
Undergraduate research has a rich history, and many practicing researchers point to undergraduate research experiences (UREs) as crucial to their own career success. There are many ongoing efforts to …
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€3.77
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Science Education: Undergraduate Research Experiences for STEM Students
Undergraduate research has a rich history, and many practicing researchers point to undergraduate research experiences (UREs) as crucial to their own career success. There are many ongoing efforts to …
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€82.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Incorporating 21st Century Science into Risk-Based Evaluations: Using 21st Century Science to Improve Risk-Related Evaluations
Over the last decade, several large-scale United States and international programs have been initiated to incorporate advances in molecular and cellular biology, -omics technologies, analytical …
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€3.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Incorporating 21st Century Science into Risk-Based Evaluations: Using 21st Century Science to Improve Risk-Related Evaluations
Over the last decade, several large-scale United States and international programs have been initiated to incorporate advances in molecular and cellular biology, -omics technologies, analytical …
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€97.95
Committee on the Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is responsible for collecting information on marine recreational angling. It does so …
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€3.76
Committee on the Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is responsible for collecting information on marine recreational angling. It does so …
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€67.31
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Adopting the International System of Units for Radiation Measurements in the United States
Most countries in the world use the SI (Systme International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and technical activities. The United States, in contrast, …
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€3.80
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Adopting the International System of Units for Radiation Measurements in the United States
Most countries in the world use the SI (Systme International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and technical activities. The United States, in contrast, …
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€54.72
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Improving Understanding of Volcanic Eruptions: Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing
Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at …
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€3.79
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Improving Understanding of Volcanic Eruptions: Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing
Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at …
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€66.70
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to assist the Nation and the world to …
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€3.73
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to assist the Nation and the world to …
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€44.02
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Ocean Studies Board: Antarctic Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Ocean-Climate System
The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. Although this increasing trend is modest, it is …
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€3.73
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Ocean Studies Board: Antarctic Sea Ice Variability in the Southern Ocean-Climate System
The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. Although this increasing trend is modest, it is …
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€83.49
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the Draft Climate Science Special Report: Review of the Draft Climate Science Special Report
The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is moving towards a sustained assessment process that allows for more fluid and consistent integration of scientific knowledge into the …
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€3.79
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the Draft Climate Science Special Report: Review of the Draft Climate Science Special Report
The United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is moving towards a sustained assessment process that allows for more fluid and consistent integration of scientific knowledge into the …
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€67.82
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. …
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€3.75
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE) is responsible for the safe cleanup of sites used for nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research. …
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€83.01
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry of Microbiomes
The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, and how they are regulated by complex interactions …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Chemistry of Microbiomes
The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, and how they are regulated by complex interactions …
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€70.78
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on the Review of Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results Research Grants Program: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results Research Program (P
Environmental research has driven landmark improvements that led to the protection of human and ecosystem health. Recognizing the value of knowledge generated by environmental research and the …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on the Review of Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results Research Grants Program: Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science to Achieve Results Research Program (e
Environmental research has driven landmark improvements that led to the protection of human and ecosystem health. Recognizing the value of knowledge generated by environmental research and the …
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€73.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endocrine-Related Low-Dose Toxicity: Application of Systematic Review Methods in an Overall Strategy for Evaluating Low-Dose Toxicity from Endocrine Active Chemicals
To safeguard public health, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must keep abreast of new scientific information and emerging technologies so that it can apply them to regulatory …
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€3.76
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endocrine-Related Low-Dose Toxicity: Application of Systematic Review Methods in an Overall Strategy for Evaluating Low-Dose Toxicity from Endocrine Active Chemicals
To safeguard public health, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must keep abreast of new scientific information and emerging technologies so that it can apply them to regulatory …
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€83.49
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Century of Wildland Fire Research
Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, regulatory, and economic factors have converged to …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Century of Wildland Fire Research
Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, regulatory, and economic factors have converged to …
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€65.87
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community
The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions are drivers of economic development in their local …
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€3.78
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community
The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions are drivers of economic development in their local …
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€119.83
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century
The workplace is where 156 million working adults in the United States spend many waking hours, and it has a profound influence on health and well-being. Although some occupations and work-related …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century
The workplace is where 156 million working adults in the United States spend many waking hours, and it has a profound influence on health and well-being. Although some occupations and work-related …
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€82.91
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animal Models for Microbiome Research
The surface of the human body and its mucous membranes are heavily colonized by microorganisms. Our understanding of the contributions that complex microbial communities make to health and disease is …
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€3.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animal Models for Microbiome Research
The surface of the human body and its mucous membranes are heavily colonized by microorganisms. Our understanding of the contributions that complex microbial communities make to health and disease is …
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€56.23
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors: Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military …
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€3.77
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to Chemical Explosive Precursors: Reducing the Threat of Improvised Explosive Device Attacks by Restricting Access to
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a type of unconventional explosive weapon that can be deployed in a variety of ways, and can cause loss of life, injury, and property damage in both military …
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€73.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences Within the Weather Enterprise
Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurricanes and storm surge, extreme heat, and other severe …
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€3.75
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Integrating Social and Behavioral Sciences Within the Weather Enterprise
Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurricanes and storm surge, extreme heat, and other severe …
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€73.85
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The eruption destroyed the summit of the volcano, …
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Decision Framework for Managing the Spirit Lake and Toutle River System at Mount St. Helens
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State radically changed the physical and socio-economic landscapes of the region. The eruption destroyed the summit of the volcano, …
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€90.47
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which …
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€97.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Sources of Lead Contamination at or near Superfund Sites: Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities
The 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 …
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€3.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Sources of Lead Contamination at or near Superfund Sites: Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities
The 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 …
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€90.37
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets
Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in …
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€3.73
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets
Participants of the July 17-18, 2017, symposium titled Opportunities and Approaches for Supplying Molybdenum-99 and Associated Medical Isotopes to Global Markets examined current trends in …
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€61.62
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth’s Climate: Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth’s Climate
The ocean is an integral component of the Earths climate system. It covers about 70% of the Earths surface and acts as its primary reservoir of heat and carbon, absorbing over 90% of the surplus heat …
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€3.77
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth’s Climate: Sustaining Ocean Observations to Understand Future Changes in Earth’s Climate
The ocean is an integral component of the Earths climate system. It covers about 70% of the Earths surface and acts as its primary reservoir of heat and carbon, absorbing over 90% of the surplus heat …
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€71.35
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Environmental Chemicals, the Human Microbiome, and Health Risk
A great number of diverse microorganisms inhabit the human body and are collectively referred to as the human microbiome. Until recently, the role of the human microbiome in maintaining human health …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Environmental Chemicals, the Human Microbiome, and Health Risk
A great number of diverse microorganisms inhabit the human body and are collectively referred to as the human microbiome. Until recently, the role of the human microbiome in maintaining human health …
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€67.77
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Improving Characterization of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the United States
Understanding, quantifying, and tracking atmospheric methane and emissions is essential for addressing concerns and informing decisions that affect the climate, economy, and human health and safety. …
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€3.72
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Improving Characterization of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions in the United States
Understanding, quantifying, and tracking atmospheric methane and emissions is essential for addressing concerns and informing decisions that affect the climate, economy, and human health and safety. …
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€113.05
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Advancing Disease Modeling in Animal-Based Research in Support of Precision Medicine
Precision medicine is focused on the individual and will require the rapid and accurate identification and prioritization of causative factors of disease. To move forward and accelerate the delivery …
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€3.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Advancing Disease Modeling in Animal-Based Research in Support of Precision Medicine
Precision medicine is focused on the individual and will require the rapid and accurate identification and prioritization of causative factors of disease. To move forward and accelerate the delivery …
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€67.37
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, …
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Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, …
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€73.84
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Strategies for Effective Improvements to the BioWatch System
Bio Watch is the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) system for detecting an aerosolized biological attack using collectors that are positioned strategically across the country to continuously …
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€3.79
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Strategies for Effective Improvements to the BioWatch System
Bio Watch is the Department of Homeland Securitys (DHSs) system for detecting an aerosolized biological attack using collectors that are positioned strategically across the country to continuously …
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€82.91
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts Supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation: Fighting a Ravaging Disease: Review of the Citrus Greening Research and
Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity, …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts Supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation: Fighting a Ravaging Disease: Review of the Citrus Greening Research and
Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity, …
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€83.59
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the Draft Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report: Review of the Draft Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2)
The second State of the Climate Cycle Report (SOCCR2) aims to elucidate the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the carbon cycle and to discuss the challenges of accounting for …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the Draft Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report: Review of the Draft Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2)
The second State of the Climate Cycle Report (SOCCR2) aims to elucidate the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the carbon cycle and to discuss the challenges of accounting for …
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€74.29
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030
For nearly a century, scientific advances have fueled progress in U.S. agriculture to enable American producers to deliver safe and abundant food domestically and provide a trade surplus in bulk and …
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€82.84
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Onshore Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development
Oil and gas well completion and stimulation technologies to develop unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the United States have evolved over the past several decades, particularly in relation to …
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€3.76
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Onshore Unconventional Hydrocarbon Development
Oil and gas well completion and stimulation technologies to develop unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the United States have evolved over the past several decades, particularly in relation to …
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€82.84
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Understanding the Long-Term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System
The U.S. Gulf Coast provides a valuable setting to study deeply connected natural and human interactions and feedbacks that have led to a complex, interconnected coastal system. The physical …
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€3.76
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Understanding the Long-Term Evolution of the Coupled Natural-Human Coastal System
The U.S. Gulf Coast provides a valuable setting to study deeply connected natural and human interactions and feedbacks that have led to a complex, interconnected coastal system. The physical …
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€73.92
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures
Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than 100 years. According to U.S. Energy Information …
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€3.76
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures
Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than 100 years. According to U.S. Energy Information …
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€83.60
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century
Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for …
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€3.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century
Environmental engineers support the well-being of people and the planet in areas where the two intersect. Over the decades the field has improved countless lives through innovative systems for …
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€56.21
Committee on Future Water Resource Needs for the Nation: Water Science and Research at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future Water Priorities for the Nation
Solving problems related to use of water resources will be of paramount importance in coming decades as increasing pressure from growing populations, climate change, extreme weather, and aging …
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€3.77
Committee on Future Water Resource Needs for the Nation: Water Science and Research at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future Water Priorities for the Nation
Solving problems related to use of water resources will be of paramount importance in coming decades as increasing pressure from growing populations, climate change, extreme weather, and aging …
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€61.92
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing, Understanding, and Modeling
Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving …
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€3.77
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing, Understanding, and Modeling
Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving …
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€49.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Future Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Energy Resources Program
Reliable, affordable, and technically recoverable energy is central to the nation’s economic and social vitality. The United States is both a major consumer of geologically based energy resources …
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€3.78
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Future Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Energy Resources Program
Reliable, affordable, and technically recoverable energy is central to the nation’s economic and social vitality. The United States is both a major consumer of geologically based energy resources …
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€82.97
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Governance of Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences
Continuing advances in science and technology offer the promise of providing tools to meet global challenges in health, agriculture, the environment, and economic development; some of the benefits …
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€3.76
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Governance of Dual Use Research in the Life Sciences
Continuing advances in science and technology offer the promise of providing tools to meet global challenges in health, agriculture, the environment, and economic development; some of the benefits …
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€68.00
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
During the past century, the Everglades, one of the worlds treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure that was intended to improve flood …
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€3.77
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
During the past century, the Everglades, one of the worlds treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure that was intended to improve flood …
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€105.73
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€3.76
Committee to Review the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan
The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas is the primary source of water for one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, San Antonio, and it also supplies irrigation water to thousands …
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€73.84
Committee to Review the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Water Supply & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Wate
New York Citys water supply system is one of the oldest, largest, and most complex in the nation. It delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons of water each day from three upstate watersheds (Croton, …
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€3.76
Committee to Review the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Water Supply & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Wate
New York Citys water supply system is one of the oldest, largest, and most complex in the nation. It delivers more than 1.1 billion gallons of water each day from three upstate watersheds (Croton, …
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€83.07
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health: Forest Health and Biotechnology
The American chestnut, whitebark pine, and several species of ash in the eastern United States are just a few of the North American tree species that have been functionally lost or are in jeopardy of …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Potential for Biotechnology to Address Forest Health: Forest Health and Biotechnology
The American chestnut, whitebark pine, and several species of ash in the eastern United States are just a few of the North American tree species that have been functionally lost or are in jeopardy of …
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€114.19
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda for Utilization of Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams: Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams Utilization
In the quest to mitigate the buildup of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere, researchers and policymakers have increasingly turned their attention to techniques for capturing greenhouse gases such …
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€3.76
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda for Utilization of Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams: Gaseous Carbon Waste Streams Utilization
In the quest to mitigate the buildup of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere, researchers and policymakers have increasingly turned their attention to techniques for capturing greenhouse gases such …
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€113.33
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site …
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€3.76
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site …
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€50.34
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Advancing Sustainability of U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Drylands
The drylands region shared by the United States and Mexico currently faces multiple sustainability challenges at the intersection of the human and natural systems. Warming and drying conditions …
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€3.76
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Advancing Sustainability of U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Drylands
The drylands region shared by the United States and Mexico currently faces multiple sustainability challenges at the intersection of the human and natural systems. Warming and drying conditions …
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€73.65
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating …
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€142.80
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences: Fostering the Culture of Convergence in Research
Convergence-based research approaches are critical in solving many scientific challenges, which frequently draw on large teams of collaborators from multiple disciplines. The 2014 report Convergence: …
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Division on Earth and Life Studies & Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences: Fostering the Culture of Convergence in Research
Convergence-based research approaches are critical in solving many scientific challenges, which frequently draw on large teams of collaborators from multiple disciplines. The 2014 report Convergence: …
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€56.21
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administrations …
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€3.73
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administrations …
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€49.81
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs: Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result of numerous …
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€3.80
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs: Research Review of Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s, averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result of numerous …
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€82.38
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts
On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on developing norms …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Developing Norms for the Provision of Biological Laboratories in Low-Resource Contexts
On June 27-28, 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (the National Academies) convened an international workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on developing norms …
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€74.48
Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of EnergyaÂ&s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Def
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review and assessment of science and technology …
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€3.76
Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of EnergyaÂ&s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Def
The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review and assessment of science and technology …
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€83.40
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production
On July 30-31, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production. This workshop …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production
On July 30-31, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop titled Continuous Manufacturing for the Modernization of Pharmaceutical Production. This workshop …
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€82.67
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf
Scientists strive to develop clear rules for naming and grouping living organisms. But taxonomy, the scientific study of biological classification and evolution, is often highly debated. Members of a …
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€3.76
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Mexican Gray Wolf and the Red Wolf
Scientists strive to develop clear rules for naming and grouping living organisms. But taxonomy, the scientific study of biological classification and evolution, is often highly debated. Members of a …
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€82.91
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Care, Use, and Welfare of Marmosets as Animal Models for Gene Editing-Based Biomedical Research
The marmoset, a type of small monkey native to South America, is a research model of increasing importance for biomedical research in the United States and globally. Marmosets offer a range of …
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€61.38
Committee on Urban Flooding in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States
Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, …
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€3.76
Committee on Urban Flooding in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States
Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, …
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€71.43
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Develop a Scoping Plan to Assess the Hazards of Organohalogen Flame Retardants: Class Approach to Hazard Assessment of Organohalogen Flame Retardants
In the 1970s, flame retardants began to be added to synthetic materials to meet strict flammability standards. Over the years, diverse flame retardants have been manufactured and used in various …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Develop a Scoping Plan to Assess the Hazards of Organohalogen Flame Retardants: Class Approach to Hazard Assessment of Organohalogen Flame Retardants
In the 1970s, flame retardants began to be added to synthetic materials to meet strict flammability standards. Over the years, diverse flame retardants have been manufactured and used in various …
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€83.47
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Northern Latitude Vegetation Greening and Browning
Vegetation change has been observed across Arctic and boreal regions. Studies have often documented large-scale greening trends, but they have also identified areas of browning or shifts between …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Northern Latitude Vegetation Greening and Browning
Vegetation change has been observed across Arctic and boreal regions. Studies have often documented large-scale greening trends, but they have also identified areas of browning or shifts between …
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€22.60
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Offshore Well Completion and Stimulation
While the public is generally aware of the use of hydraulic fracturing for unconventional resource development onshore, it is less familiar with the well completion and stimulation technologies used …
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Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Offshore Well Completion and Stimulation
While the public is generally aware of the use of hydraulic fracturing for unconventional resource development onshore, it is less familiar with the well completion and stimulation technologies used …
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€74.47
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Long-Term Health Monitoring of Populations Following a Nuclear or Radiological Incident in the United States
Accidents and terrorist attacks that lead to the release of radioactive materials can cause deaths, injuries, and a range of psychosocial effects in the surrounding community and team of emergency …
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€61.84
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Final Draft Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reserva
In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site …
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€55.80
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Managing Transuranic and Mixed Wastes at Department of Energy Sites: Research Opportunities for Managing the Department of Energy’s Transuranic and Mixed Wastes
About 155, 000 cubic meters of waste contaminated with both radioactive isotopes and hazardous chemicals are stored at some 30 DOE sites, and another 450, 000 cubic meters are buried. While DOE is …
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€38.43
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Program: Century of Ecosystem Science
This report provides guidance to the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) program to help ensure that it is based on a a science plan that is robust, far-reaching, and scientifically sound. The report …
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€34.12
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: Down to Earth
In 1992, world leaders adopted Agenda 21, the work program of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development. This landmark event provided a political foundation and action items to …
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€45.29
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on Assessing Integrity in Research Environments: Integrity in Scientific Research
"Many people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character." — Albert Einstein Integrity in Scientific Research attempts to define and …
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Committee on USGS Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Estimating Water Use in the United States
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 the laws regulating …
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€50.09
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle: Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle
In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a research strategy and …
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€17.33
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Opportunities in Agriculture: Frontiers in Agricultural Research
This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agricultures Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, the main engine of publicly funded agricultural research …
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€45.19
Committee on Reference Materials for Ocean Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Chemical Reference Materials
The accuracy of chemical oceanographic measurements depends on calibration against reference materials to ensure comparability over time and among laboratories. Several key parameters lack reference …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: National Security and Homeland Defense
This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help …
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€36.20
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics
Recognizing the important contributions that genomic analysis can make to agriculture, production and companion animal science, evolutionary biology, and human health with respect to the creation of …
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€40.76
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Improving the Collection, Management, and Use of Marine Fisheries Data
Congress has promoted fisheries science for over a century and its involvement in fisheries management took a great leap forward with passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976. …
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€60.13
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology
This 2-day workshop is the culmination of a study of the status and future of marine biotechnology. The overall goal of this workshop is to examine what was initially called "Opportunities for …
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€49.78
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes: Long-Term Institutional Management of U.S. Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites
It is now becoming clear that relatively few U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) waste sites will be cleaned up to the point where they can be released for unrestricted use. "Long-term …
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€54.28
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Scientific Frontiers in Developmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment reviews advances made during the last 10-15 years in fields such as developmental biology, molecular biology, and genetics. It …
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€73.85
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Animal Biotechnology
Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable …
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€40.71
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Science and Its Role in the National Marine Fisheries Service
NMFS has a difficult and complex task in managing U.S. marine fisheries. Despite some successes, too many stocks continue to decline. Over the past decade, several problems have been identified that …
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€24.94
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD: Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD
Weather radar is a vital instrument for observing the atmosphere to help provide weather forecasts and issue weather warnings to the public. The current Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) system …
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€41.21
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Debra P. Davis: Emerging Animal Diseases: Global Markets, Global Safety
Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe and Japan set off alarm bells in the United States and other nations, prompting a flurry of new …
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€40.59
Committee to Review NASA’s Polar Geophysical Data Sets & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enhancing NASA’s Contributions to Polar Science
The high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, together with some mountainous areas with glaciers and long-lasting snow, are sometimes called the cryosphere-defined as that portion of the planet …
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€52.90
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Mitigating Wetland Losses: Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act
Recognizing the importance of wetland protection, the Bush administration in 1988 endorsed the goal of no net loss of wetlands. Specifically, it directed that filling of wetlands should be avoided, …
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€58.06
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to …
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€77.80
Committee to Assess the Scientific Basis of the Total Maximum Daily Load Approach to Water Pollution Reduction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the TMDL Approach to Water Quality Management
Over the last 30 years, water quality management in the United States has been driven by the control of point sources of pollution and the use of effluent-based water quality standards. Under this …
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€48.73
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: National Plant Genome Initiative
The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood, improved, and …
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€40.94
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Undergraduate Biology Education to Prepare Research Scientists for the 21st Century: BIO2010
Biological sciences have been revolutionized, not only in the way research is conducted — with the introduction of techniques such as recombinant DNA and digital technology — but also in how …
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€34.68
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration
The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than …
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€24.88
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture
Although chemical pesticides safeguard crops and improve farm productivity, they are increasingly feared for their potentially dangerous residues and their effects on ecosystems.The Future Role of …
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€58.09
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research
This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a …
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€35.16
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Waste Incineration and Public Health
Incineration has been used widely for waste disposal, including household, hazardous, and medical waste–but there is increasing public concern over the benefits of combusting the waste versus the …
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€69.45
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants
This book explores the risks and benefits of crops that are genetically modified for pest resistance, the urgency of establishing an appropriate regulatory framework for these products, and the …
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€56.22
Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations & Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources: Scientific Basis for Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
This is an interim report of the ad hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations of the National Research Council’s Committee on Animal Nutrition. A final report is expected to be …
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€36.20
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Beyond the Molecular Frontier
Chemistry and chemical engineering have changed significantly in the last decade. They have broadened their scope"into biology, nanotechnology, materials science, computation, and advanced …
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€40.71
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Toxicologic Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8
This report provides a critical review of toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other relevant data on jet-propulsion fuel 8, a type of fuel in wide use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and an …
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€57.67
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Principles and Operational Strategies for Staged Repository Systems: One Step at a Time
Compared to other large engineering projects, geologic repositories for high-level waste present distinctive challenges because: 1) they are first-of-a-kind, complex, and long-term projects that must …
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€48.98
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Marine Board: Oil in the Sea III
Since the early 1970s, experts have recognized that petroleum pollutants were being discharged in marine waters worldwide, from oil spills, vessel operations, and land-based sources. Public attention …
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€64.08
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review Procedures for Water Resources Project Planning
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its civil works program, can take pride in its contributions throughout our nation’s history to the development of waterways infrastructure, navigation, …
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€33.91
Committee on Exploration of the Seas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of the Seas
Seventy percent of our blue planet is covered by oceans. Although progress has been made in understanding the role of oceans in climate change, locating energy reserves, revealing new life forms, and …
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€17.33
Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments
Bioavailability refers to the extent to which humans and ecological receptors are exposed to contaminants in soil or sediment. The concept of bioavailability has recently piqued the interest of the …
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€69.42
Committee on Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research
Expanding on the National Research Councils Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this book deals specifically with mammals in neuroscience and behavioral research laboratories. It offers …
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€23.56
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Fair Weather
Decades of evolving U.S. policy have led to three sectors providing weather services"NOAA (primarily the National Weather Service [NWS]), academic institutions, and private companies. This …
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€40.69
Board on Life Sciences & Bridget K. B. Avila: Integrating Research and Education
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" …
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€24.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska’s North Slope: Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska’s North Slope
This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska’s North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been …
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€105.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Science of Earthquakes: Living on an Active Earth
The destructive force of earthquakes has stimulated human inquiry since ancient times, yet the scientific study of earthquakes is a surprisingly recent endeavor. Instrumental recordings of …
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€69.34
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Hydrologic Science: Report of a Workshop on Predictability and Limits-To-Prediction in Hydrologic Systems
The Committee on Hydrologic Science (COHS) of the National Research Council (NRC) is engaged in studying the priorities and future strategies for hydrologic science. In order to involve a broad …
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€40.29
Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals
For the 119 species of marine mammals, as well as for some other aquatic animals, sound is the primary means of learning about the environment and of communicating, navigating, and foraging. The …
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€53.86
Committee on Large-Scale Science and Cancer Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Large-Scale Biomedical Science
The nature of biomedical research has been evolving in recent years. Technological advances that make it easier to study the vast complexity of biological systems have led to the initiation of …
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€56.18
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
The report evaluates the plan to monitor and assess the condition of Florida’s Everglades as restoration efforts proceed. The report finds that the plan is well grounded in scientific theory and …
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€36.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors: Testing and Evaluation of Standoff Chemical Agent Detectors
The report provides an independent assessment of suitable test protocols that might be useful and reliable for the testing and evaluation of standoff chemical agent detectors. The report proposes two …
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€40.45
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States: End Points for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russia and the United States (PD
End Points for spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in Russian and the United States provides an analysis of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in …
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€42.97
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Coping with Increasing Demands on Government Data Centers: Government Data Centers
Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades. However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from …
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€24.88
Committee on Environmental Information for Naval Use & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Information for Naval Warfare
Accurate and timely environmental information can provide a tactical advantage to U.S. naval forces during warfare. This report analyzes the current environmental information system used by the U.S. …
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€74.48
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute of Medicine: Describing Death in America
National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of …
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€38.48
Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations & Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources: Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of …
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€56.58
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Minorities in the Chemical Workforce
This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the …
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€46.73
Committee to Review the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Florida Keys Carrying Capacity Study
Nearly thirty years ago the Florida Keys were designated as an Area of Critical State Concern. The state recognized that Monroe County contained many valuable natural, environmental, historical, and …
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€48.26
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park: Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone’s Northern Range
Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstones Northern Range discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. Controversy over the National Park Services approach of "natural …
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€45.27
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: GIS for Housing and Urban Development
The report describes potential applications of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis by HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research for understanding housing needs, addressing …
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€40.75
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products: Marine Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century
Dramatic developments in understanding the fundamental underpinnings of life have provided exciting opportunities to make marine bioproducts an important part of the U.S. economy. Several marine …
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€38.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Geoscience Data and Collections
Geoscience data and collections (such as, rock and sediment cores, geophysical data, engineering records, and fossils) are necessary for industries to discover and develop domestic natural resources …
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€38.74
Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase 1aÂ&Effects of Bottom Trawling on Seafloor Habitats & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Effects of Trawling and Dredging on Seafloor Habitat
Concerns over the potential ecological effects of fishing have increased with the expansion of fisheries throughout the marine waters of the United States. Effects of Trawling and Dredging on …
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€45.21
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Meteorological and Topographical Problem Areas
The regulation of carbon monoxide has been one of the great success stories in air pollution control. While more than 90 percent of the locations with carbon monoxide monitors were in violation in …
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€61.63
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Animal Nutrition: Scientific Advances in Animal Nutrition
The science of animal nutrition has made significant advances in the past century. In looking back at the discoveries of the 20th century, we can appreciate the tremendous impact that animal …
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€32.42
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Transforming Remote Sensing Data into Information and Applications
Over the past decade renewed interest in practical applications of Earth observations from space has coincided with and been fueled by significant improvements in the availability of remote sensing …
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€21.11
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests
Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive can often cause problems. They cost more than $100 billion per year in crop and timber losses plus …
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€50.17
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Environmental Impacts Associated with Commercialization of Transgenic Plants: Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants
Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental effects. In this new book, a panel of …
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€58.13
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food: Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food
Food safety regulators face a daunting task: crafting food safety performance standards and systems that continue in the tradition of using the best available science to protect the health of the …
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€58.05
Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Missouri River Ecosystem
The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The …
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€58.56
Committee on Exploration of the Seas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploration of the Seas
In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting …
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€57.30
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life: Signs of Life
A workshop to assess the science and technology of life detection techniques was organized by the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL) of the Board on Life Sciences (BLS) and the …
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€25.12
Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established the National Water Quality Assesment (NAWQA) program in 1985 to assess water quality conditions and trends in representative river basins and aquifers …
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€42.67
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health: Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine
Recent scientific breakthroughs, celebrity patient advocates, and conflicting religious beliefs have come together to bring the state of stem cell research"specifically embryonic stem cell …
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€23.35
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture: Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly …
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€58.06
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geography: Community and Quality of Life
Quality of life . . . livability . . . sense of place. Communities across America are striving to define these terms and to bring them to life, as they make decisions about transportation systems and …
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€52.06
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Marine Board: Spills of Emulsified Fuels
Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response is part of an evolving body of work conducted by the National Research Council (NRC) to help inform debate and decision-making regarding the ecological …
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€47.17
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Genetic Status of Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Atlantic salmon in Maine, once abundant but now seriously depleted, were listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) in November 2000. The listing covers the wild fish in …
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€40.70
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning
Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. It is currently the …
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€40.45
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute of Medicine: Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care
Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Cancer Care is a summary of a workshop held on May 11, 2000, which brought together experts to review evidence of the relationship …
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€40.71
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Radioactive High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites: Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 400 million liters (100 million gallons) of liquid high-level waste (HLW) stored in underground tanks and approximately 4, 000 cubic …
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€41.46
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation: Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (DS86)
The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was set up more than a decade ago at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy. It was charged with monitoring work …
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€52.01
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Air Quality Management in the United States
Managing the nations air quality is a complex undertaking, involving tens of thousands of people in regulating thousands of pollution sources. The authors identify what has worked and what has not, …
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€57.67
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some …
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€43.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Science, Medicine, and Animals
Diseases cause a staggering amount of suffering and death in both people and animals. As a result, human society has committed itself to alleviating this suffering. Toward this goal, biomedical …
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€10.56
Committee on Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mammography and Beyond
Each year more than 180, 000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the U.S. If cancer is detected when small and local, treatment options are less dangerous, intrusive, and costly-and …
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€52.01
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Under the Weather
Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a change in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease. With today’s technology, some hope that it will be …
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€46.73
Committee on Privatization of Water Services in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Privatization of Water Services in the United States
In the quest to reduce costs and improve the efficiency of water and wastewater services, many communities in the United States are exploring the potential advantages of privatization of those …
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€47.30
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences
Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts …
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€40.42
Committee on the Alaska Groundfish Fishery and Steller Sea Lions & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Decline of the Steller Sea Lion in Alaskan Waters
For an unknown reason, the Steller sea lion population in Alaska has declined by 80% over the past three decades. In 2001, the National Research Council began a study to assess the many hypotheses …
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€63.89
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Responsibilities of Authorship in the Biological Sciences: Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials
Biologists communicate to the research community and document their scientific accomplishments by publishing in scholarly journals. This report explores the responsibilities of authors to share data, …
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€48.27
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Abrupt Climate Change: Abrupt Climate Change
The climate record for the past 100, 000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic–and often extreme–shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of …
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€58.05
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law
<p>On August 16, 2000, the Board on Life Sciences held a forum on "Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law: The Impact of Emerging Genomic Information." The purpose of …
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€41.02
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry: Global Air Quality
The National Research Council’s Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry (NRC/CAC) was established to serve as a focal point for NRC activities on issues related to atmospheric chemical change and its …
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€40.42
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Bioinformatics: Converting Data to Knowledge
The goal of this workshop was to bring together bioinformatics stake holders from government, academe, and industry for a day of presentations and dialogue. Fifteen experts identified and discussed …
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€40.42
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel through the Environmental Management Science Program: Improving the Scientific Basis for Managing DOE’s Excess Nuclea
The production of nuclear materials for the national defense was an intense, nationwide effort that began with the Manhattan Project and continued throughout the Cold War. Now many of these product …
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€36.95
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same wells. ASR is proposed as a …
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€40.70
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information
The report explores how best to communicate weather and climate information by presenting five case studies, selected to illustrate a range of time scales and issues, from the forecasting of weather …
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€40.67
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of The National Map: Weaving a National Map
Weaving a National Map draws on contributions to a September 2002 workshop and the U.S. Geological Surveys (USGS) "vision" document for The National Map, envisioned by the USGS as a …
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€45.24
Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply
In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an …
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€69.37
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Research Needs in Subsurface Science
Research Needs in Subsurface Science provides an overview of the subsurface contamination problems across the DOE complex and shows by examples from the six largest DOE sites (Hanford Site, Idaho …
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€64.05
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Deployment of forces in hostile or unfamiliar environments is inherently risky. The changing missions and increasing use of U.S. forces around the globe in operations other than battle call for …
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€38.34
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
Risk management is especially important for military forces deployed in hostile and/or chemically contaminated environments, and on-line or rapid turn-around capabilities for assessing exposures can …
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€67.10
Committee to Evaluate Indicators for Monitoring Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ecological Indicators for the Nation
Environmental indicators, such as global temperatures and pollutant concentrations, attract scientists’ attention and often make the headlines. Equally important to policymaking are indicators of the …
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€51.66
Committee on the Assessment of Regional Marine Research Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bridging Boundaries through Regional Marine Research
As appreciation of the interdisciplinary and multidimensional character of environmental issues has increased, there have been attempts to address regional needs more directly. One of these, the …
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€37.71
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Oceanography and Mine Warfare
Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. A thorough understanding of environmental variability greatly increases the likelihood of mission …
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€34.44
Committee on the Causes and Management of Eutrophication & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Clean Coastal Waters
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in …
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€67.56
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Intrinsic Remediation: Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation
In the past decade, officials responsible for clean-up of contaminated groundwater have increasingly turned to natural attenuation-essentially allowing naturally occurring processes to reduce the …
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€58.04
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s Research Grants Program: Measure of STAR
The report favorably reviews the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s competitive research grants program, finding that it has yielded significant new findings and knowledge critical for EPA’s …
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€50.49
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Materials Science and Technology
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with materials science and identifies challenges for research. Recent advances are blurring the …
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€25.08
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
From 1945 through 1962, the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program involved hundreds of thousands of military and civilian personnel, and some of them were exposed to ionizing radiation. …
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€94.25
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Materials Count
The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use …
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€29.40
Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities
The number of hazardous waste sites across the United States has grown to approximately 217, 000, with billions of cubic yards of soil, sediment, and groundwater plumes requiring remediation. Sites …
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€52.04
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: 50 Years of Ocean Discovery
This book describes the development of ocean sciences over the past 50 years, highlighting the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the field’s progress. Many of the individuals …
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€54.28
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Atmospheric Sciences
Technology has propelled the atmospheric sciences from a fledgling discipline to a global enterprise. Findings in this field shape a broad spectrum of decisions–what to wear outdoors, whether …
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€58.45
Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting Potable Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Issues in Potable Reuse
A small but growing number of municipalities are augmenting their drinking water supplies with highly treated wastewater. But some professionals in the field argue that only the purest sources should …
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€57.65
Committee on Watershed Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Strategies for America’s Watersheds
Emergence of a toxic organism like pfisteria in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has focused public attention on potential hazards in our water. More importantly, it has reminded us of the …
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€97.96
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment: Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment
Some investigators have hypothesized that estrogens and other hormonally active agents found in the environment might be involved in breast cancer increases and sperm count declines in humans as well …
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€75.39
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies in the Middle East: Water for the Future
This book is the result of a joint research effort led by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and involving the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, …
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€42.96
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Atmospheric Effects of Aviation
Aviation is an integral part of the global transportation network, and the number of flights worldwide is expected to grow rapidly in the coming decades. Yet, the effects that subsonic aircraft …
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€40.45
Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of Subsurface Contaminants in the DOE Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Groundwater and Soil Cleanup
This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. It provides a special focus on three classes of contaminants that have …
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€63.89
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Noneconomic and Economic Value of Biodiversity: Perspectives on Biodiversity
Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and …
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€45.24
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of NASA’s ‘Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft’ Project
The NRC Panel on the Atmospheric Effects of Aviation (PAEAN) was established to provide guidance to NASA’s Atmospheric Effects of Aviation Program (AEAP) by evaluating the appropriateness of the …
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€40.79
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Mariana Crow: Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow
This book, while focusing on current preservation challenges posed by the Aga, or Mariana crow, also reflects the larger issues and challenges of biodiversity conservation in all oceanic island …
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€33.93
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research
After discussions with the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Energy the Board on Biology of the National Research Council agreed to run a workshop under the auspices of its Forum on …
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€40.79
Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sharing the Fish
Most U.S. fish stocks are fully or over-exploited, and harvesting in many fisheries far exceeds sustainable levels. The individual fishing quota (IFQ) is a relatively new instrument under which …
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€69.84
Board on Natural Disasters & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information
Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in …
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€24.87
Committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Cleanup at Navy Facilities
The fiscal and technological limitations associated with cleaning up hazardous waste sites to background conditions have prompted responsible parties to turn to risk-based methods for environmental …
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€58.45
Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup
Most books on ground water and soil cleanup address only the technologies themselves–not why new technologies are or are not developed. Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup takes a holistic …
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€58.04
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee for Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications: Seeing into the Earth
Just below our feet is an environment that supports our infrastructure, yields water, provides for agriculture, and receives our waste. Our capacity to describe, or characterize, this environment is …
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€41.21
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biobased Industrial Products: Biobased Industrial Products
Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comeback–because of a threefold increase in …
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€43.36
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Hydrologic Sciences
Hydrologic science, an important, interdisciplinary science dealing with the occurrence, distribution, and properties of water on Earth, is key to understanding and resolving many contemporary, …
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€40.71
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests: Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests
In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from …
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€40.67
Committee on Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Marine Fisheries & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Sustaining Marine Fisheries
Fluctuations and declines in marine fish populations have caused growing concern among marine scientists, fisheries managers, commercial and recreational fishers, and the public.Sustaining Marine …
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€52.54
Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering in Environmental Remediation Programs at the Department of Energy Hanford Site
The primary purpose of systems engineering is to organize information and knowledge to assist those who manage, direct, and control the planning, development, production, and operation of the systems …
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€30.15
Committee on Small Water Supply Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Safe Water From Every Tap
Small communities violate federal requirements for safe drinking water as much as three times more often than cities. Yet these communities often cannot afford to improve their water service. Safe …
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€55.77
Committee on Valuing Ground Water & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Valuing Ground Water
Because water in the United State has not been traded in markets, there is no meaningful estimate of what it would cost if it were traded. But failing to establish ground water’s value–for in situ …
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€66.71
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Health Risks of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI): Health Effects of Exposure to Radon
Radon progeny–the decay products of radon gas–are a well-recognized cause of lung cancer in miners working underground. When radon was found to be a ubiquitous indoor air pollutant, however, it …
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€69.36
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Decade-to-Century-Scale Climate Variability and Change
Society today may be more vulnerable to global-scale, long-term, climate change than ever before. Even without any human influence, past records show that climate can be expected to continue to …
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€45.55
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project
Scientists and policy-makers alike are concerned that operation of a fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft could significantly affect the global atmosphere. HSCT emissions may have a …
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€24.88
Committee to Review the Community Development Quota Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Community Development Quota Program in Alaska
This book reviews the performance and effectiveness of the Community Development Quotas (CDQ) programs that were formed as a result of the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The CDQ program is a …
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€57.00
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-Scale International Project
Efforts to understand climate variability and predict future climate change have highlighted many aspects of the hydrologic cycle and the exchange of energy and water at the atmosphere-surface …
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€33.93
Committee on Fish Stock Assessment Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving Fish Stock Assessments
Ocean harvests have plateaued worldwide and many important commercial stocks have been depleted. This has caused great concern among scientists, fishery managers, the fishing community, and the …
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€61.49
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Satellite Observations of the Earth’s Environment
This report addresses the transition of research satellites, instruments, and calculations into operational service for accurately observing and predicting the Earths environment. These transitions, …
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€49.01
Committee on Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates
The field of occupational health and safety constantly changes, especially as it pertains to biomedical research. New infectious hazards are of particular importance at nonhuman-primate facilities. …
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€40.67
Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants
The provision of safe drinking water has been an important factor in the improvement of the health status of U.S. communities since the turn of the last century. Nonetheless, outbreaks of waterborne …
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€42.67
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water: Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water
The Safe Drinking Water Act directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the quality of drinking water, including its concentration of radon, an acknowledged carcinogen.This …
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€58.09
Committee on U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Hazards Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
Losses of life and property in the United States-and throughout the world-resulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing. Public …
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€40.76
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Serving Science and Society Into the New Millenium
A symposium titled "Serving Science and Society into the New Millennium: The Legacy and the Promise" was held at the National Academy of Sciences on May 21-22, 1997. Speakers and panelists …
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€43.30
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?
The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the …
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€40.67
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Summary of a Workshop on U.S. Natural Gas Demand, Supply, and Technology
The workshop examined the following three questions: (1) What projections have been made by government agencies for the U.S. supply of and demand for natural gas over the next 10 to 20 years? (2) …
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€38.83
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases: Tracking and Predicting the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases
For many years, communities have prepared themselves to deal with accidental atmospheric releases from industrial sites, energy facilities, and vehicles transporting hazardous materials. Today, these …
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€31.65
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health
The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH …
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€45.55
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan
The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and …
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€50.85
Committee on the Implementation of a Seafloor Observatory Network for Oceanographic Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Enabling Ocean Research in the 21st Century
As the importance of the oceans to society grows, so does the need to understand their variation on many temporal and spatial scales. This need to understand ocean change is compelling scientists to …
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€57.11
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data: Review of NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center
The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA’s mission. It concludes that NGDC is …
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€36.55
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Environment
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and …
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€49.77
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Future Challenges for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Resources Program
The committee assesses the USGS’s responses to a 1996 program review, evaluates the minerals information team, and examines how the program’s mission and vision might evolve to meet the nation’s …
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€43.32
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Energy and Transportation
This book, also based on a workshop, assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with novel and existing forms of energy and transportation systems. The book …
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€37.91
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Information and Communications
Since publication of the National Research Council (NRC) reports on chemistry in 1985 and chemical engineering in 1988, 1, 2 dramatic advances in information technology (IT) have totally changed …
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€50.93
Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay discusses the proposed plan to offset the dramatic decline in the bays native oysters by introducing disease-resistant reproductive Suminoe oysters from Asia. …
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€62.58
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Status of and Future Directions in U.S. Weather Modification Research and Operations: Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs. Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In this, the latest National …
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€40.77
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Estimating Climate Sensitivity
Climate sensitivity is a term used to characterize the response of the climate system to an imposed forcing, and is most commonly used to mean the equilibrium global mean surface temperature change …
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€21.09
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Debra P. Davis: Exploring a Vision
Centuries of scientific advances in agriculture have increased the quantity, quality, and variety of our food supply. Food in the United States is abundant and affordable, incomes are at record …
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€25.18
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks
During the past decade, scientists have learned much about the complex natural processes that influence climate variability and change, and our ability to model climate has increased significantly. …
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€40.77
Committee on Cooperative Research in the National Marine Fisheries Service & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Cooperative Research in the National Marine Fisheries Service
In recent years there has been growing interest in having fisheries stakeholders involved in various aspects of fisheries data collection and experimentation. This activity is generally known as …
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€45.19
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network: Neon
The book endorses the National Science Foundation’s concept of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for providing a nationwide network of facilities and infrastructure for ecological …
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€38.46
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison: Forensic Analysis
Since the 1960s, testimony by representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in thousands of criminal cases has relied on evidence from Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a …
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€54.26
Committee on Increasing Veterinary Involvement in Biomedical Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Need and Priorities for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research
The report identified various factors which contributed to creating an unfulfilled need for veterinarians in the biomedical research workforce, including an increase in the number of NIH grants …
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€32.21
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms
Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) have been under development for more than 20 years while GE crops have been grown commercially during the last decade. During this time, a number of questions …
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€49.77
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes: Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
Low-activity radioactive wastes include a broad spectrum of materials for which a regulatory patchwork has evolved over almost 60 years. These wastes present less of a radiation hazard than either …
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€8.98
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
In 1988 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed two endemic fishes of the upper Klamath River basin of Oregon and California, the sucker and the Lost River sucker, as endangered under the federal …
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€64.23
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess the Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident: Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident
Radioactive iodines are produced during the operation of nuclear power plants and during the detonation of nuclear weapons. In the event of a radiation incident, radioiodine is one of the …
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€45.10
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Safe Buildings Program: Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts
The report examines the Environmental Protection Agencys three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states …
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€41.21
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Hydrologic Science: Groundwater Fluxes Across Interfaces
Estimates of groundwater recharge and discharge rates are needed at many different scales for many different purposes. These include such tasks as evaluating landslide risks, managing groundwater …
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€40.71
Committee on Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science
Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science. But many scholars in …
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€34.72
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens: Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens
Recent and forecasted advances in microbiology, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry have made it timely to reassess the current paradigm of relying predominantly or exclusively on traditional …
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€64.11
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Health and Medicine
The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering within the context of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and disease prevention. Also addressed are chemical and chemical …
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€24.89
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques: Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques
Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques examines the scientific techniques currently used as the basis for explosives detection and determines whether other techniques might …
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€41.17
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi-Illinois River Waterw
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other water-related issues on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. A recent chapter in that history is …
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€24.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine: Atlantic Salmon in Maine
Because of the pervasive and substantial decline of Atlantic salmon populations in Maine over the past 150 years, and because they are close to extinction, a comprehensive statewide action should be …
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€51.66
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Weather Research for Surface Transportation: The Roadway Environment: Where the Weather Meets the Road
<p>Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freezing rain, and other weather conditions can impair the ability of drivers to operate their …
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€47.36
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of the National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk
Landslides occur in all geographic regions of the nation in response to a wide range of conditions and triggering processes that include storms, earthquakes, and human activities. Landslides in the …
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€40.59
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Managing the Columbia River
Flows of the Columbia River, although modified substantially during the twentieth century, still vary considerably between seasons and between years. Lowest flows tend to occur during summer months …
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€40.77
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation
BEIR VII develops the most up-to-date and comprehensive risk estimates for cancer and other health effects from exposure to low-level ionizing radiation. It is among the first reports of its kind to …
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€69.92
Committee to Review the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap
The Bureau of Reclamation and Sandia National Laboratories jointly developed the Roadmap to serve as a strategic research pathway for desalination and water purification technologies to meet future …
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€41.12
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
To protect space crews from contaminants in potable and hygiene water, NASA requested that the National Research Council (NRC) provide guidance on how to develop water exposure guidelines and …
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€85.29
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Promise and Challenges in Systems Microbiology
Microbiologists have become interested in applying systems biology to understand and harness complex biological processes in microbial communities. A systems approach, which attempts to use …
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€17.48
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites: Climate Data Records from Environmental Satellites
The report outlines key elements to consider in designing a program to create climate-quality data from satellites. It examines historical attempts to create climate data records, provides advice on …
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€42.32
Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Implementing Climate and Global Change Research
The report reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S. efforts in climate change and global change research. …
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€34.68
Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone
The coastal zone is of enormous importance to the well-being of the nation, as our lives and economy are inextricably linked to the features and activities that occur within this dynamic region. In …
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€34.92
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park: Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
This interim report assesses issues related to animal management, husbandry, health, and care at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park. The report finds that there are shortcomings …
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€37.75
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors
This report examines the proposed testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological …
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€17.32
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning
Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planningis part of a larger study that was conducted in response to a request from the U.S. Congress in the Water Resources Development …
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€45.60
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Adaptive Management for Water Resources Project Planning
This book reviews the Corps of Engineers’ experiences to date with the concept of adaptive management and provides advice on additional and more effective implementation of this planning approach. …
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€40.03
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
In 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established regulatory standards to address health risks posed by inhaling tiny particles from smoke, vehicle exhaust, and other sources. At …
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€49.59
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Water and Sustainable Development
Experts in the areas of water science and chemistry from the government, industry, and academic arenas discussed ways to maximize opportunities for these disciplines to work together to develop and …
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€33.18
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Globally Oriented Workforce
Globalization"the flow of people, goods, services, capital, and technology across international borders"is significantly impacting the chemistry and chemical engineering professions. …
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€24.94
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Support for Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum: Learning to Think Spatially
Spatial thinking"a constructive combination of concepts of space, tools of representation, and processes of reasoning"uses space to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions. …
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€58.50
Committee on Review of the USGS National Streamflow Information Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program
From 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 …
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€40.79
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Basins and Coastal Systems Planning Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) has played a large and important role in shaping water resources systems in the United States since Congress first tasked it in 1824 to improve navigation …
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€49.49
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Review of the Army’s Technical Guides on Assessing and Managing Chemical Hazards to Deployed Personnel
To guide mission planning, military decision makers need information on the health risks of potential exposures to individual soldiers and their potential impact on mission operations. To help with …
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€55.12
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning & Coordinating Committee: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning
From the Executive Summary:There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard …
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€36.51
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes
Human-induced climate change is an important environmental issue worldwide, as scientific studies increasingly demonstrate that human activities are changing the Earths climate. Even if dramatic …
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€24.87
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin: Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River
The tension between wildlife protection under the Endangered Species Act and water management in the Platte River Basin has existed for more than 25 years. The Platte River provides important habitat …
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€62.58
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate: Utilization of Operational Environmental Satellite Data
The system of satellites in place to provide environmental data-data to monitor events such as forest fires and floods; to make weather predictions; and to assess crops, transportation impacts, …
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€49.07
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review NASA’s Solid-Earth Science Strategy: Review of NASA’s Solid-Earth Science Strategy
The report reviews NASA’s solid-earth science strategy, placing particular emphasis on observational strategies for measuring surface deformation, high-resolution topography, surface properties, and …
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€24.89
Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Confronting the Nation’s Water Problems
In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is …
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€56.65
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Assessing the Nation’s Framework for Addressing Animal Diseases: Animal Health at the Crossroads
The confirmed case of "mad cow" disease (BSE) in June 2005 illustrates the economic impact of disease outbreaks, as additional countries closed their markets to U.S. beef and beef products. …
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€54.28
Committee on Defining Best Scientific Information Available for Fisheries Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Use of the "Best Scientific Information Available" Standard in Fisheries Management
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (FCMA), managers are required to use the best scientific information available in the preparation of federal fishery management …
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€36.16
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animals for Research
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€63.39
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Trauma Research: Injury in America
"Injury is a public health problem whose toll is unacceptable, " claims this book from the Committee on Trauma Research. Although injuries kill more Americans from 1 to 34 years old than …
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€55.04
Board on Agriculture & Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities: Soil Conservation
This new volume is the first independent analysis of an important national data base, the National Resources Inventory. It cites potential uses of the NRI in controlling soil erosion; determining …
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€17.33
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome: Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome
There is growing enthusiasm in the scientific community about the prospect of mapping and sequencing the human genome, a monumental project that will have far-reaching consequences for medicine, …
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€45.95
Committee on Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences
Hydrology–the science of water–is central to our understanding of the global environment and its many problems. Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences explains how the science of water …
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€34.70
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Environmental Epidemiology, Volume 1
The amount of hazardous waste in the United States has been estimated at 275 million metric tons in licensed sites alone. Is the health of Americans at risk from exposure to this toxic material? This …
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€89.73
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program
Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program reviews the ecological studies done by the Environmental Studies Program of the Minerals Management Service.This program, …
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€24.86
Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas
Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a …
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€69.84
Board on Global Change & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Solar Influences on Global Change
Are variations in the energy generated by the Sun sufficient to modify the Earth’s global environment at levels comparable to expected anthropogenic changes? Debated contentiously for more than a …
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€29.66
Committee on Earth Gravity from Space & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Satellite Gravity and the Geosphere
For the past three decades, it has been possible to measure the earth’s static gravity from satellites. Such measurements have been used to address many important scientific problems, including the …
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€45.24
Committee on American River Flood Frequencies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses
Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land …
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€51.26
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Risk-Based Criteria for Non-RCRA Hazardous Waste: Risk-Based Waste Classification in California
The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) of the State of California Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of complying with the Regulatory Structure Update. The Regulatory …
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€58.83
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems: Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem-Solving
This volume explores how the scientific tools of ecology can be used more effectively in dealing with a variety of complex environmental problems. Part I discusses the usefulness of such ecological …
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€116.82
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Airliner Cabin Air Quality: Airliner Cabin Environment
Each year Americans take more than 300 million plane trips staffed by a total of some 70, 000 flight attendants. The health and safety of these individuals are the focus of this volume from the …
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€96.52
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Public Health Risk Assessment of Poultry Inspection Programs: Poultry Inspection
According to surveys, the public believes the chickens it is buying are wholesome. Poultry Inspection: The Basis for a Risk-Assessment Approach looks at current inspection procedures to determine how …
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€58.05
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drinking Water and Health, Volume 9
The National Research Council closes the landmark series Drinking Water and Health with Volume 9, published in two parts:Part I: DNA Adducts provides an overview of DNA adducts and their effects on …
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€34.57
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Sea Turtle Conservation: Decline of the Sea Turtles
This book explores in detail threats to the world’s sea turtle population to provide sound, scientific conclusions on which dangers are greatest and how they can be addressed most effectively. …
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€85.15
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Advances in Assessing Human Exposure to Airborne Pollutants: Human Exposure Assessment for Airborne Pollutants
Most people in the United States spend far more time indoors than outdoors. Yet, many air pollution regulations and risk assessments focus on outdoor air. These often overlook contact with harmful …
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€102.35
Committee on the Status and Research Objectives in the Solid-Earth Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Solid-Earth Sciences and Society
As environmental problems move upward on the public agenda, our knowledge of the earth’s systems and how to sustain the habitability of our world becomes more critical. This volume reports on the …
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€58.38
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ground Water at Yucca Mountain
The site of a proposed repository for high-level radioactive waste from the nation’s nuclear power plants is not at risk of ground water infiltration, concludes this important book. Yucca Mountain, …
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€75.56
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Licensing Geographic Data and Services: Licensing Geographic Data and Services
Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range of applications ranging from emergency response to land-use planning to location-based services. In the past, government …
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€85.39
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on California Agricultural Research Priorities: Pierce’s Disease: California Agricultural Research Priorities
The glassy-winged sharpshooter is one of the more recent invasive pests to afflict California agriculture. The insect transmits a bacterial pathogen that causes Pierce’s disease, which has impaired …
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€40.59
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review the Activities Authorized Under the Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000: Charting the Future of Methane Hydrate Research in the United States
Methane hydrate is a natural form of clathrate – a chemical substance in which one molecule forms a lattice around a "guest" molecule with chemical bonding. In this clathrate, the guest …
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€52.09
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites: Improving the Characterization and Treatment of Radioactive Wastes for the Department of Energy’s Acc
The Department of Energys Office of Environmental Management (EM) directs the massive cleanup of more than 100 sites that were involved in the production of nuclear weapons materials during the …
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€24.88
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Review of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Research and Restoration Plan for Salmon: Developing a Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon
Recent declines in the abundance of salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) region of western Alaska have created hardships for the people and communities who depend on this resource. In 2002, the …
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€42.95
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Development of Science-based Guidelines for Laboratory Animal Care
The Development of Science-based Guidelines for Laboratory Animal Care is the summary of an international workshop held in Washington, DC, in November 2003 to bring together experts from around the …
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€69.16
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Genomics Databases for Bioterrorism Threat Agents: Seeking Security
Within the last 30 years, the genomes of thousands of organisms, from viruses, to bacteria, to humans, have been sequenced or partially sequenced and deposited in databases freely accessible to …
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€24.90
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Iodotrifluoromethane
The U.S. military is considering using a compound called iodotrifluoromethane (CF3I) for fire suppression to replace previously-used compounds (halons) that are being phased out because they deplete …
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€34.99
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess Potential Health Effects from Exposures to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofrequency Energy: Assessment of Potential Health Effects from Exposure to PAVE PAWS Low-Level Phased-Array Radiofreq
PAVE PAWS is a phased-array warning system designed to detect and track sea-launched and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated on Cape Cod since 1979 by the U.S. Air Force Space Command. In …
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€54.59
Committee on Assessing and Valuing the Services of Aquatic and Related Terrestrial Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Valuing Ecosystem Services
Nutrient recycling, habitat for plants and animals, flood control, and water supply are among the many beneficial services provided by aquatic ecosystems. In making decisions about human activities, …
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€52.08
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Fea
For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study, the heart of which is a multibillion-dollar …
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€24.80
Committee on Source Removal of Contaminants in the Subsurface & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Contaminants in the Subsurface
At hundreds of thousands of commercial, industrial, and military sites across the country, subsurface materials including groundwater are contaminated with chemical waste. The last decade has seen …
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€67.00
Committee on Characterizing Biologically Significant Marine Mammal Behavior & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Marine Mammal Populations and Ocean Noise
Attention has been drawn to the subject of how ocean noise affects marine mammals by a series of marine mammal strandings, lawsuits, and legislative hearings, and most recently, the report from the …
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€41.00
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change
Changes in climate are driven by natural and human-induced perturbations of the Earths energy balance. These climate drivers or "forcings" include variations in greenhouse gases, aerosols, …
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€42.97
Committee on Water Quality Improvement for the Pittsburgh Region & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania
The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems, due in large part to aging wastewater infrastructures that cannot handle sewer overflows …
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€54.59
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades
The Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology have released the seventh and final report of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades …
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€40.31
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Communicating Toxicogenomics Information to Nonexperts
Toxicogenomics, the study of how genomes respond to exposure to toxicants, may ultimately hold the promise of detecting changes in the expression of a person’s genes if he or she is exposed to these …
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€24.86
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste: Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manages dozens of sites across the nation that focus on research, design, and production of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors for defense applications. …
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€42.97
Committee on Understanding Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy and Effects & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oil Spill Dispersants
Approximately 3 million gallons of oil or refined petroleum products are spilled into U.S. waters every year. Oil dispersants (chemical agents such as surfactants, solvents, and other compounds) are …
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€64.57
Committee on Review of Methods for Establishing Instream Flows for Texas Rivers & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science of Instream Flows
Across the United States, municipalities, counties, and states grapple with issues of ensuring adequate amounts of water in times of high demand and low supply. Instream flow programs aim to balance …
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€44.49
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Assess the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion: Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion
Perchlorate"a powerful oxidant used in solid rocket fuels by the military and aerospace industry"has been detected in public drinking water supplies of over 11 million people at …
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€49.05
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Sustainability in the Chemical Industry
Through innovative design, creation, processing, use, and disposal of substances, the chemical industry plays a major role in advancing applications to support sustainability in a way that will allow …
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€44.92
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants: Interim Report of the Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys New Source Review (NSR) programs are designed to help ensure that the construction or modification of factories, electric-generating facilities and other …
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€60.39
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Geological Record of Ecological Dynamics
In order to answer important questions about ecosystems and biodiversity, scientists can look to the past geological record"which includes fossils, sediment and ice cores, and tree rings. …
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€49.01
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Review of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park: Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
This report follows up on an interim report released in February 2004 that focused on immediate needs in the areas of animal care and management, recordkeeping, and pest control. The report finds …
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€72.97
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Twelfth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs), as defined in the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, …
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€24.86
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Are Chemical Journals Too Expensive and Inaccessible?
On October 25-26, 2005, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to explore issues involving those who use and contribute to chemical literature, as well as those who publish and disseminate …
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€25.10
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Challenges in Representing Physical Processes in Coupled Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Models: Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations
The National Academies’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) held a workshop to explore and evaluate current efforts to model physical processes of coupled atmosphere-land-ocean (A-L-O) …
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€24.87
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Assess the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program: Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from …
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€77.15
Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Public Water Supply Distribution Systems
The Water Science and Technology Board has released the first report of the Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, which is studying water quality issues …
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€25.07
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Since 1998, the volume of research being conducted using human embryonic stem (h ES) cells has expanded primarily using private funds because of restrictions on the use of federal funds for such …
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€47.15
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Thinking Strategically
The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and its predecessor U.S. Global Change Research Program have sponsored climate research and observations for nearly 15 years, yet the overall progress of the …
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€44.82
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the National Needs for Research in Veterinary Science: Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science
Research in veterinary science is critical for the health and well-being of animals, including humans. Food safety, emerging infectious diseases, the development of new therapies, and the possibility …
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€45.54
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), established in 2002 to coordinate climate and global change research conducted in the United States and to support decision-making on climate-related …
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€24.87
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee to Review the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan: Review of the GAPP Science and Implementation Plan
Water managers rely on predicting changes in the hydrologic cycle on seasonal-to-interannual time frames to prepare for water resource needs. Seasonal to interannual predictability of the hydrologic …
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€40.59
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life: Astrophysical Context of Life
In 1997, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed the National Astrobiology Institute to coordinate and fund research into the origins, distribution, and fate of life in the …
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€25.06
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Standards and Policies for Decontaminating Public Facilities Affected by Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents: How Clean Is Safe?: Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack
The anthrax attacks in fall 2001 spurred an extensive and costly decontamination effort where many decisions had to be made about which sites required cleanup, what method to use, how to determine …
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€42.21
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Academies to evaluate its plans for managing radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuel at sites in …
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€25.12
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics: Improved Seismic Monitoring – Improved Decision-Making
Improved Seismic Monitoring"Improved Decision-Making, describes and assesses the varied economic benefits potentially derived from modernizing and expanding seismic monitoring activities in the …
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€52.00
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants: Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens
Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful …
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€24.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Climate Data Records from NOAA Operational Satellites: Review of NOAA’s Plan for the Scientific Data Stewardship Program
To better understand our climate system, it is important that we have climate data records (CDRs)–time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate …
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€17.47
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Thirteenth Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels
Formed in 1995 by EPA, several other federal and state agencies, and several private organizations, the National Advisory Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances …
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€17.47
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the Coeur d’ Alene River Basin: Superfund and Mining Megasites
For more than 100 years, the Coeur d Alene River Basin has been known as "The Silver Valley" for being one of the most productive silver, lead, and zinc mining areas in the United States. …
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€86.67
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Effects of Past Global Change on Life
What can we expect as global change progresses? Will there be thresholds that trigger sudden shifts in environmental conditions–or that cause catastrophic destruction of life?Effects of Past Global …
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€63.64
Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Bering Sea Ecosystem
The Bering Sea, which lies between the United States and Russia, is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and has prolific fishing grounds. Yet there have been significant unexplained …
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€95.08
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Arsenic in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been considering a more stringent regulation of arsenic in water. A significant reduction in the maximum contaminant level (MCL) could increase …
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€60.13
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drinking Water and Health,
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€249.13
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity Testing
Prepared at the request of the National Toxicology Program, this landmark report reveals that many chemicals used in pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, food, and commerce have not been sufficiently tested …
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€40.99
Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards & Commission on Life Sciences: Drinking Water and Health,
The most recent volume in the Drinking Water and Health series contains the results of a two-part study on the toxicity of drinking water contaminants. The first part examines current practices in …
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€47.07
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drinking Water and Health, Volume 7
Chlorination in various forms has been the predominant method of drinking water disinfection in the United States for more than 70 years. The seventh volume of the Drinking Water and Health series …
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€23.53
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Complex Mixtures
In the laboratory, testing the toxic effects for a single compound is a straightforward process. However, many common harmful substances occur naturally as mixtures and can interact to exhibit …
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€40.72
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Geophysics Study Committee: Sea-Level Change
Sea-level rise may be one of the consequences of global warming. To understand changes in sea level caused by the "greenhouse effect, " we must understand the factors that have caused the …
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€34.74
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Damage in Trees: Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests
There is not much question that plants are sensitive to air pollution, nor is there doubt that air pollution is affecting forests and agriculture worldwide. In this book, specific criteria and …
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€111.47
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee to Evaluate Mass Balance Information for Facilities Handling Toxic Substances: Tracking Toxic Substances at Industrial Facilities
In response to a congressional mandate, this book examines whether knowing the amounts of toxic substances entering and leaving manufacturing facilities is useful in evaluating chemical releases to …
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€24.90
Board on Biology & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Dolphins and the Tuna Industry
This book presents key conclusions about the controversial killing of thousands of dolphins each year during tuna fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific.Dolphins drown in nets that are set to catch …
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€29.41
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Science and Judgment in Risk Assessment
The public depends on competent risk assessment from the federal government and the scientific community to grapple with the threat of pollution. When risk reports turn out to be overblown–or when …
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€187.76
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on High-School Biology Education: Fulfilling the Promise
Why are students today not learning biology, appreciating its importance in their lives, or pursuing it as a career? Experts believe dismal learning experiences in biology classes are causing the …
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€29.47
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids: Upstream
The importance of salmon to the Pacific Northwest–economic, recreational, symbolic–is enormous. Generations ago, salmon were abundant from central California through Idaho, Oregon, and Washington …
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€60.81
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Comparative Toxicity of Naturally Occurring Carcinogens: Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens in the Human Diet
Despite increasing knowledge of human nutrition, the dietary contribution to cancer remains a troubling question. Carcinogens and Anticarcinogens assembles the best available information on the …
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€64.71
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update: Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence
In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide …
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€53.16
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Biologic Systems: Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields
Can the electric and magnetic fields (EMF) to which people are routinely exposed cause health effects? This volume assesses the data and draws conclusions about the consequences of human exposure to …
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€58.46
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has developed spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations (SMACs) for contaminants that might be found in the atmosphere within spacecraft …
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€40.71
Committee on Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ozone-Forming Potential of Reformulated Gasoline
The Committee on Ozone-Forming Potential for Reformulated Gasoline was asked whether the existing body of scientific and technical information is sufficient to permit a robust evaluation and …
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€54.70
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Mapping Science Committee: Promoting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Through Partnerships
Cooperation and partnerships for spatial data activities among the federal government, state and local governments, and the private sector will be essential for the development of a robust National …
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€28.09
Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards & Commission on Life Sciences: Asbestiform Fibers
Much of the more than 30 million tons of asbestos used in the United States since 1900 is still present as insulation in offices and schools, as vinyl-asbestos flooring in homes, and in other common …
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€99.48
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Drinking Water and Health, Volume 8
Pharmacokinetics, the study of the movement of chemicals within the body, is a vital tool in assessing the risk of exposure to environmental chemicals. This book–a collection of papers authored by …
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€50.36
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Opportunities in Biology
Biology has entered an era in which interdisciplinary cooperation is at an all-time high, practical applications follow basic discoveries more quickly than ever before, and new …
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€49.82
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on High-School Biology Education: High-School Biology Today and Tomorrow
Biology is where many of science’s most exciting and relevant advances are taking place. Yet, many students leave school without having learned basic biology principles, and few are excited enough to …
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€107.92
Committee on Tropospheric Ozone & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution
Despite more than 20 years of regulatory efforts, concern is widespread that ozone pollution in the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, threatens the health of humans, animals, and vegetation. This …
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€150.51
Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Barrier Technologies for Environmental Management
To control the migration of radioactive and hazardous wastes currently contained underground, barriers made of natural materials and man-made substances are constructed atop, and possibly around, the …
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€45.31
Committee on Building an Environmental Management Science Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Building an Effective Environmental Management Science Program
This book assesses the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Science Program–a new program that funds basic research related to environmental cleanup of the department’s weapons complex. …
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€60.14
1998 Workshop on Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Identifying Future Drinking Water Contaminants
With an increasing population, use of new and diverse chemicals that can enter the water supply, and emergence of new microbial pathogens, the U.S. federal government is faced with a regulatory …
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€57.04
Committee on Separations Technology and Transmutation Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Nuclear Wastes
Disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production and power generation has caused public outcry and political consternation. Nuclear Wastes presents a critical review of some waste …
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€166.12
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes: Hanford Tanks
The Hanford Site (also known as the Hanford Reservation) occupies approximately 1, 450 km2 (560 square miles) along the Columbia River in south-central Washington, north of the city of Richland. The …
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€40.79
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands: Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands
This book, the result of a congressionally mandated study, examines the adequacy of the regulatory framework for mining of hardrock minerals–such as gold, silver, copper, and uranium–on over 350 …
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€40.67
Committee on Haze in National Parks and Wilderness Areas & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Protecting Visibility in National Parks and Wilderness Areas
Scenic vistas in most U.S. parklands are diminished by haze that reduces contrast, washes out colors, and renders distant landscape features indistinct or invisible.Protecting Visibility in National …
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€46.73
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The National Research Council convened a committee of experts to advise the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a geologic repository for …
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€40.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the U.S. Navy Environmental Health Center’s Health-Hazard Assessment Process
A large number of chemicals are used on land at shore facilities, in the air in combat and reconnaissance aircraft, on seas around the world in surface vessels, and in submarine vessels by the navy …
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€40.73
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Technologies for Environmental Management
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Program (DOEEM) is one of the largest environmental clean up efforts in world history. The EM division charged with developing or finding …
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€25.02
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: From Research to Operations in Weather Satellites and Numerical Weather Prediction
This workshop report examines the capability of the forecast system to efficiently transfer weather and climate research findings into improved operational forecast capabilities. It looks in …
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€40.99
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management
The National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore …
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€24.71
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Methods for Developing Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains an active interest in the environmental conditions associated with living and working in spacecraft and identifying hazards that …
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€47.01
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Federal Policy for Access to Research Resources: Finding the Path
On January 27-28, 1999, the NRC Commission on Life Sciences organized "Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources", a conference to explore the breadth of problems and …
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€24.91
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Submarine Exposure Guidance Levels for Selected Hydrofluorocarbons
As part of the effort to phase out the use of stratospheric ozone-depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the U.S. Navy is considering hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) as replacements for …
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€24.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the U.S. Navy’s Exposure Standard for Manufactured Vitreous Fibers
Manufactured vitreous fibers (MVF), also known as synthetic vitreous fibers, are considered to be less hazardous than asbestos to human health. They are used in many thermal- and …
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€40.67
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Re-evaluation of Drinking-Water Guidelines for Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate
Diisopropyl Methylphosphonate (DIMP) is a groundwater contaminant at the U.S. Army’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. DIMP is a by-product created from the manufacture and detoxification of the …
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€17.48
Committee on Western Water Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Transfers in the West
The American West faces many challenges, but none is more important than the challenge of managing its water. This book examines the role that water transfers can play in allocating the region’s …
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€95.47
Committee on Fracture Characterization and Fluid Flow & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow
Scientific understanding of fluid flow in rock fractures–a process underlying contemporary earth science problems from the search for petroleum to the controversy over nuclear waste storage–has …
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€160.10
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Recruiting Fishery Scientists
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employs many fishery scientists with diverse skills. The agency finds that the supply of fishery biologists is adequate to meet most of its demand. …
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€17.55
Committee to Review the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation System Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Inland Navigation System Planning
In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) …
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€38.45
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: What Is America Eating?
For its annual symposium in 1984, the Food and Nutrition Board posed the key nutritional question: "What is America eating?" This resultant volume explains dietary habits, examines the …
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€57.67
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Scientific Evaluation of the Introduction of Genetically Modified Microorganisms and Plants into the Environment: Field Testing Genetically Modified Organisms
Potential benefits from the use of genetically modified organisms–such as bacteria that biodegrade environmental pollutants–are enormous. To minimize the risks of releasing such organisms into the …
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€60.66
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Monitoring Human Tissues for Toxic Substances
The National Human Monitoring Program (NHMP) identifies concentrations of specific chemicals in human tissues, including toxicologic testing and risk assessment determinations. This volume evaluates …
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€71.57
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Commission on Life Sciences: Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables
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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€40.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
In the Bhopal disaster of 1984, approximately 2, 000 residents living near a chemical plant were killed and 20, 000 more suffered irreversible damage to their eyes and lungs following the accidental …
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€73.86
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
Regulatory standards are already on the books at the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address health risks posed by inhaling tiny particles from smoke, vehicle exhaust, and other …
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€34.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants: Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration
Americans drink many gallons of tap water every day, but many of them question the safety of tap water every day as well. In fact, devices have been created to filter tap water directly before …
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€49.07
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs: Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs
Emissions inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs subject vehicles to periodic inspections of their emission control systems. Despite widespread use of these programs in air-quality management, …
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€46.74
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Building a Long-Term Environmental Quality Research and Development Program in the Department of Energy: Strategic Vision for Department of Energy Environmental Quality Research and Development
The National Academies’ National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department of Energy could …
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€64.06
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites: Research Opportunities for Deactivating and Decommissioning Department of Energy Facilities
When the Cold War abruptly ended, DOE halted most nuclear materials production. In 1995, Congress chartered DOE’s Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) to bring the nation’s scientific …
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€41.74
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Review of the Hanford Site’s Environmental Remediation Science and Technology Plan: Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford
The Hanford Site was established by the federal government in 1943 as part of the secret wartime effort to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. The site operated for about four decades and produced …
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€51.02
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Arsenic in Drinking Water
Having safe drinking water is important to all Americans. The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in the summer of 2001 to delay implementing a new, more stringent standard for the maximum …
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€45.24
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning: Review of EarthScope Integrated Science
Earth Scope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as "a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the …
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€24.87
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was envisioned as a way of enhancing the accessibility, communication, and use of geospatial data to support a wide variety of decisions at all levels …
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€40.75
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Coal Waste Impoundments: Coal Waste Impoundments
On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporations coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry in near Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal …
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€41.05
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Climate Services Vision
A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic …
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€24.87
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicology: Review of Submarine Escape Action Levels for Selected Chemicals
On-board fires can occur on submarines after events such as collision or explosion. These fires expose crew members to toxic concentrations of combustion products such as ammonia, carbon monoxide, …
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€73.20
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Scientific Evaluation of Biological Opinions on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin
During 2001, a severe drought occurred in the Klamath River Basin. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) determined that the newly issued biological opinions and their RPAs must prevail; thus, …
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€40.70
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on National Capacity in Forestry Research: National Capacity in Forestry Research
Forests are major components of the earth’s natural resources and they are increasingly critical to the welfare of the U.S. economy, environment, and population. Desires to improve forest management …
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€44.74
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) disposes of plutonium-contaminated debris from its 27 nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground repository in Carlsbad, …
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€38.71
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Ongoing Challenge of Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic air pollutant produced largely from vehicle emissions. Breathing CO at high concentrations leads to reduced oxygen transport by hemoglobin, which has health effects …
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€43.06
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: Assessment of Proposed Partnerships to Implement a National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy
Landslides are a component of those agents of nature that transport rock and soil from mountains or hillsides to streams, lakes and seas, where new sedimentary rocks begin to form. Therefore, as well …
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€17.33
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem: Florida Bay Research Programs and Their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. The Task …
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€40.71
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Research Priorities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey: Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey
Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides perspective and guidance to the geography discipline about its future research and strategic directions. The report …
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€40.59
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Review of the NARSTO Draft Report
. The report reviews NARSTO’s recent report on atmospheric science issues associated with management of airborne particulate matter (PM) to achieve air quality standards. NARSTO is a public-private …
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€32.39
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Diagnosis and Control of Johne’s Disease: Diagnosis and Control of Johne’s Disease
Johne’s Disease is a chronic, progressive intestinal disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) that affects primarily ruminant animals. In recent decades …
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€56.54
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Communicating Occupational Safety and Health Information to Spanish-speaking Workers: Safety is Seguridad
Approximately 32.8 million persons of Hispanic descent live in the United States, half of whom were born outside the United States (Therrien and Ramirez, 2000). By the year 2050, it is expected that …
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€43.72
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests: Exposure of the American Population to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests
This report is a review of the draft feasibility study that was issued at the request of Congress by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Over …
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€24.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
The report reviews a U.S. Department of the Interior research program, finding that it provides key information to support the restoration of the Florida Everglades and to better assess the impact of …
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€46.25
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee for a Workshop on Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Traffic Control: Weather Forecasting Accuracy for FAA Traffic Flow Management
Accurate prediction of convective storms 2- to 6-hours in advance is critical to selecting air traffic routes with minimal weather delays or diversions. This report summarizes the discussions of a …
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€25.05
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer
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€36.47
Committee on Low-Frequency Sound and Marine Mammals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Low-Frequency Sound and Marine Mammals
This volume reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of low-frequency sound on marine mammals and makes recommendations for research. In addition, the book describes current …
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€36.08
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Biodiversity
This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population …
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€40.76
Committee on Biological Diversity in Marine Systems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Understanding Marine Biodiversity
The diversity of marine life is being affected dramatically by fishery operations, chemical pollution and eutrophication, alteration of physical habitat, exotic species invasion, and effects of other …
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€45.99
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation: Disposition of High-Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel
Focused attention by world leaders is needed to address the substantial challenges posed by disposal of spent nuclear fuel from reactors and high-level radioactive waste from processing such fuel. …
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€36.94
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Envisioning the Agenda for Water Resources Research in the Twenty-First Century
In this century, the United States will be challenged to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality water to its growing population. Water is a limiting resource for human well-being and social …
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€41.05
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Air Quality in Passenger Cabins of Commercial Aircraft: Airliner Cabin Environment and the Health of Passengers and Crew
Although poor air quality is probably not the hazard that is foremost in peoples minds as they board planes, it has been a concern for years. Passengers have complained about dry eyes, sore throat, …
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€52.00
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer
Based on a thorough review of the scientific evidence, this book provides the most authoritative assessment yet of the relationship between dietary and nutritional factors and the incidence of …
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€141.31
Committee on the Use of Treated Municipal Wastewater Effluents and Sludge in the Production of Crops for Human Consumption & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Use of Reclaimed Water and Sludge in Food Crop Production
This book reviews the practice of reclaiming treated municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation and using sewage sludge as a soil amendment and fertilizer in the United States. It describes and …
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€62.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Biologic Markers in Reproductive Toxicology
Does exposure to environmental toxicants inhibit our ability to have healthy children who develop normally? Biologic markers–indicators that can tell us when environmental factors have caused a …
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€38.46
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Computer-Assisted Modeling: Computer Assisted Modeling
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€12.06
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Fire and Smoke
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€18.70
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Material Fluxes on the Surface of the Earth
Understanding the ebb and flow of materials on the earth’s surface is vital to comprehending environmental change. We need to differentiate between those that represent a progression of natural …
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€46.80
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management
People are demanding more of the goods, services, and amenities provided by the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but the finiteness of the supply has become clear. This issue involves complex …
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€56.55
Climate Research Committee & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales
This volume reflects the current state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. It covers a wide range of relevant subjects, including the …
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€179.65
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Management of Wolf and Bear Populations in Alaska: Wolves, Bears, and Their Prey in Alaska
This book assesses Alaskan wolf and bear management programs from scientific and economic perspectives. Relevant factors that should be taken into account when evaluating the utility of such programs …
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€71.72
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Toxicology: Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for Selected Chemical-Warfare Agents
No reliable acute-exposure1 standards have been established for the particular purpose of protecting soldiers from toxic exposures to chemical warfare (CW) agents. Some human-toxicity estimates are …
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€42.95
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: GEWEX Global Water Vapor Project (GVaP)–U.S. Opportunities
Water vapor plays a vital role in shaping weather and climate on Earth. Hence, monitoring water vapor is critical if we are to explain and predict the behavior of the climate system. Unfortunately, …
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€17.32
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Methyl Bromide Risk Characterization in California
Methyl bromide is gaseous pesticide used to fumigate soil, crops, commodity warehouses, and commodity-shipping facilities. Up to 17 million pounds of methyl bromide are used annually in California to …
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€34.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program: Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program
The United States has more than 65 active or potentially active volcanoes, more than those of all other countries except Indonesia and Japan. During the twentieth century, volcanic eruptions in …
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€42.50
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Toxicological Effects of Methylmercury
Mercury is widespread in our environment. Methylmercury, one organic form of mercury, can accumulate up the aquatic food chain and lead to high concentrations in predatory fish. When consumed by …
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€66.50
Committee on USGS Water Resources Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales
Groundwater is a basic resource for humans and natural ecosystems and is one of the nation’s most important natural resources. Groundwater is pumped from wells to supply drinking water to about 130 …
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€34.26
Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its …
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€51.31
Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Project Planning Procedures & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government’s key agencies in planning the uses of the nation’s waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of …
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€43.26
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals
Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals contains a detailed and comprehensive methodology for developing acute exposure guideline levels …
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€54.76
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a deep underground mined facility for the disposal of transuranic waste resulting from the nation’s defense program. Transuranic waste is defined as waste …
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€43.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Radioactive Waste Management: Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is nearing a decision on how to process 30 million gallons of high-level radioactive waste salt solutions at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to remove …
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€24.72
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicants and Pathogens in Biosolids Applied to Land: Biosolids Applied to Land
The 1993 regulation (Part 503 Rule) governing the land application of biosolids was established to protect public health and the environment from reasonably anticipated adverse effects. Included in …
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€51.66
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems
The 1997 Conference on the World Climate Research Programme to the Third Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded that the global capacity to …
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€41.21
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee to Review the Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992: Research on Power-Frequency Fields Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992
Since the 1970s, concerns about health hazards associated with electric and magnetic fields from power lines and from workplace, school, and household use of electricity have led to many studies and …
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€45.99
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: Emerging Global Water and Energy Initiatives–An Integrated Perspective
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel of the National Research Council (NRC) was tasked by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) to provide a rapid and succinct …
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€40.73
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE Contractor Sites: Subcommittee to Review the Hanford Thyroid Disease Study Final Results and Report: Review of the Hanford Th
In 1986, officials of the US Department of Energy revealed that the Hanford Atomic Products Operations in Richland, Washington, had been releasing radioactive material, in particular iodine-131, into …
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€75.62
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Commission on Life Sciences: Comparative Dosimetry of Radon in Mines and Homes
Studies of underground miners have provided a wealth of data about the risk of lung cancer from exposure to radon’s progeny elements, but the application of the miner data to the home environment is …
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€34.65
Board on Science and Technology for International Development & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Toward Sustainability
How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations? Toward Sustainability explores research priorities to support …
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€12.06
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Coastal Meteorology
Almost half the U.S. population lives along the coast. In another 20 years this population is expected to more than double in size. The unique weather and climate of the coastal zone, circulating …
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€27.88
Committee on Nutritional Status During Pregnancy and Lactation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Nutrition Services in Perinatal Care
This book focuses on nutrition services beginning in the preconceptional period and extending well beyond birth. It provides the rationale for the recommended nutritional services; briefly describes …
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€22.80
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program
This is the third of four volumes from the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program (ESP). The first two dealt with physical, oceanographic, and ecological …
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€34.66
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Sustaining Our Water Resources
This volume, a collection of seven essays by individuals prominent in the water resources field, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Water Science and Technology Board. The essays cover a …
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€29.31
Committee on Antarctic Policy and Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic
With the negotiation of the International Protocol on Environmental Protection in 1991, those nations conducting scientific research programs in Antarctica face new challenges for stewardship of the …
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€29.56
Committee on Advanced Drilling Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drilling and Excavation Technologies for the Future
Drilling is a critical component in many segments of U.S. industry such as resource recovery (e.g., oil, gas, mining), civil infrastructure systems (e.g., sewers, highway tunnels, subways), …
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€31.65
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Educational Programs in Laboratory Animal Science: Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Federal law now requires that institutions provide training for anyone caring for or using laboratory animals. This volume provides the guidelines and resources needed to coordinate a quality …
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€52.00
Committee on Opportunities in Applied Environmental Research and Development & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities in Applied Environmental Research and Development
Research is the foundation of environmental protection. This volume reviews four areas of opportunity in applied environmental research and development: waste reduction, ecosystem and landscape …
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€60.35
Committee on Ground Water Recharge & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ground Water Recharge Using Waters of Impaired Quality
As demand for water increases, water managers and planners will need to look widely for ways to improve water management and augment water supplies. This book concludes that artificial recharge can …
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€91.74
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Rediscovering Geography
As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has …
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€76.90
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations (Beir VII): Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations
The US Environmotection 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 reported …
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€40.69
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposure to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials: Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth’s crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as …
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€93.44
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Nutrition in Medical Education: Nutrition Education in U.S. Medical Schools
As the general public has become more aware of advances in nutrition, consumer demands for advice on matters of diet and disease have grown. This book offers recommendations to upgrade what were …
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€49.03
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Forestry Research: Forestry Research
Committee on Forestry Research, National Research Council Forests are valuable in our daily lives, crucial to our nation’s ecomony, and integral to the long-term health of the environment. Yet, …
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€17.44
Committee on Global Change & Division on Earth and Life Studies: U.S. Global Change Research Program
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€17.46
Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience
There is broad agreement in the scientific community that the solid earth beneath the Arctic Ocean basin contains answers to major unsolved problems in the earth sciences and that many of these …
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€22.77
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Four-Dimensional Model Assimilation of Data
This volume explores and evaluates the development, multiple applications, and usefulness of four-dimensional (space and time) model assimilations of data in the atmospheric and oceanographic …
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€22.63
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on DNA Technology in Forensic Science: DNA Technology in Forensic Science
Matching DNA samples from crime scenes and suspects is rapidly becoming a key source of evidence for use in our justice system. DNA Technology in Forensic Science offers recommendations for resolving …
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€45.01
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: United States Antarctic Research Report to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Many nations conduct research and engage in other scientific activities on our frozen continent–Antarctica.Each year the U.S. National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research …
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€22.60
Committee on Climate Uncertainty and Water Resources Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty
The question of whether the earth’s climate is changing in some significant human-induced way remains a matter of much debate. But the fact that climate is variable over time is well known. These two …
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€45.19
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Examination of Plant Science Research Programs in the UnitedStates: Plant Biology Research and Training for the 21st Century
Faster progress in plant biology research could benefit agriculture, the environment, medicine, and our understanding of basic biological processes. This book clearly and directly describes the …
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€22.54
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the HawaiianCrow: Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Hawaiian Crow
The Hawaiian Crow, or ‘Alala, once an inhabitant of large forested areas of Hawaii, is now found only in the wild in a relatively small area of the central Kona coast. The decline of the ‘Alala is …
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€24.88
Committee on Improving the Science and Technology Programs of the National Park Service & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science and the National Parks
The U.S. National Park Service needs much better scientific information to protect the nation’s parks for future generations, and research must be an essential element in its mandate. Science and the …
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€27.92
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Bioprocess Engineering: Putting Biotechnology to Work
The ability of the United States to sustain a dominant global position in biotechnology lies in maintaining its primacy in basic life-science research and developing a strong resource base for …
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€46.75
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology: Issues in Risk Assessment
The scientific basis, inference assumptions, regulatory uses, and research needs in risk assessment are considered in this two-part volume.The first part, Use of Maximum Tolerated Dose in Animal …
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€56.59
Committee for Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment
Since the need to protect ground water from pollution was recognized, researchers have made progress in understanding the vulnerability of ground water to contamination. Yet, there are substantial …
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€46.75
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Scientific and Technical Criteria for Federal Acquisition of Lands for Conservation: Setting Priorities for Land Conservation
This book responds to a congressional request to evaluated criteria by which land is acquired under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.The committee reviews criteria and procedures by which four …
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€46.75
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children: Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children
Many of the pesticides applied to food crops in this country are present in foods and may pose risks to human health. Current regulations are intended to protect the health of the general population …
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€64.71
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Mapping Science Committee: Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation
The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is the means to assemble geographic information that describes the arrangement and attributes of features and phenomena on the Earth. This book …
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€31.57
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Environmental Research: Research to Protect, Restore, and Manage the Environment
This book assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current environmental research programs, describes the desirable characteristics of an effective program, and recommends cultural and organizational …
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€32.39
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Environmental Science in the Coastal Zone
This book assesses the dimensions of our scientific knowledge as it applies to environmental problems in the coastal zone. The volume contains 10 papers that cover different aspects of science, …
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€59.90
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Formation of the National Biological Survey: Biological Survey for the Nation
Our country has long recognized the importance of its biological resources but we often lack sufficient scientific knowledge to make wise decisions. This realization has led to calls for new ways of …
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€30.07
Committee on Ground Water Cleanup Alternatives & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Alternatives for Ground Water Cleanup
There may be nearly 300, 000 waste sites in the United States where ground water and soil are contaminated. Yet recent studies question whether existing technologies can restore contaminated ground …
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€100.18
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biology Teacher Inservice Programs: Role of Scientists in the Professional Development of Science Teachers
Scientists nationwide are showing greater interest in contributing to the reform of science education, yet many do not know how to begin.This highly readable book serves as a guide for those …
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€79.12
Committee to Review Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Information & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Information for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Decisions in Alaska
This book reviews the adequacy of information available for predicting and managing the environmental and human effects of oil and gas activities on Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It …
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€56.68
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Ocean’s Role in Global Change
What role does the ocean play in global climate change? Although not fully understood, there is general agreement that it is significant. Therefore, the scientific community has initiated large-scale …
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€29.31
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Radiological Safety in the Marshall Islands: Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
As a result of contamination by radionuclides released during nuclear weapons testing by the United States during the 1940s and 1950s, the residents of Rongelap Atoll were evacuated from the Marshall …
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€42.96
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences: Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences
This book brings to light trends in the support of life scientists beginning their professional careers. In 1985, 3, 040 scientists under the age of 36 applied for individual investigator (R01) …
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€27.70
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Mount Rainier
This volume develops a research plan to study and monitor Mount Rainier, an active Cascade volcano located about 35 km southeast of the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area. The book also addresses …
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€37.20
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Radon (BEIR VI): Health Effects of Exposure to Radon
This book evaluates recently published data related to the risk associated with human exposure to radon and radon progeny and assesses whether sufficient and appropriate new information is available …
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€28.11
Committee on Remedial Action Priorities for Hazardous Waste Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Ranking Hazardous-Waste Sites for Remedial Action
The United States may not be able to make all hazardous-waste sites as clean as possible. Therefore, priorities must be set for the timing of waste site remediations. This book assesses several of …
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€93.48
Committee to Identify High-Priority Science to Meet National Coastal Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science
This book describes critical environmental issues that face coastal ocean and Great Lakes areas, including eutrophication, habitat modification, hydrologic and hydrodynamic disruption, exploitation …
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€33.71
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies: Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses
Growing 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 …
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€46.42
Committee on Characterization of Wetlands & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Wetlands
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused …
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€98.12
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Assigning Economic Value to Natural Resources
There has been a lot of discussion among policymakers, particularly within the Clinton Administration, about how to make U.S. economic indicators, such as GNP, more accurately reflect the state of …
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€63.33
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research: Space Physics Paradox
This book investigates and analyzes several disturbing trends in government support for space physics research over the past decade. The authors identify funding and management problems that thwart …
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€33.93
Climate Research Committee & Division on Earth and Life Studies: GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate
This book lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. The past 10 years have seen significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for …
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€32.05
Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.S. management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna. In particular, it focuses on the issues of stock structure and stock assessments used …
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€34.20
Committee on Geodesy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Airborne Geophysics and Precise Positioning
The Global Positioning System, with its capability for both precisely positioning and navigating an aircraft, has created new scientific opportunities for studying the earth. This book examines the …
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€34.68
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Biologic Markers in Urinary Toxicology
Diseases of the kidney, bladder, and prostate exact an enormous human and economic toll on the population of the United States. This book examines prevention of these diseases through the development …
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€39.64
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Mexico City’s Water Supply
This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations …
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€40.19
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee to Review the EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programs: Review of EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
This is the fourth and final volume reviewing EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). After 4 years of review, the authoring committee retains its belief that EMAP’s goals are …
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€40.67
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Ward Valley
The book examines specific scientific and technical safety issues related to the proposed low-level radioactive waste site at Ward Valley, California. It includes, among other issues, evaluation of …
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€77.11
Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards
The United States currently has no place to dispose of the high-level radioactive waste resulting from the production of the nuclear weapons and the operation of nuclear electronic power plants. The …
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€70.04
Committee on the Future of Irrigation in the Face of Competing Demands & Division on Earth and Life Studies: New Era for Irrigation
Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United States–but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the …
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€46.69
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Diet and Health: Diet and Health
Diet and Health examines the many complex issues concerning diet and its role in increasing or decreasing the risk of chronic disease. It proposes dietary recommendations for reducing the risk of the …
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€212.62
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Seismological Research Requirements for a Comprehensive Test-Ban Monitoring System
Negotiators from more than 35 countries are attempting to formulate a nuclear test-ban treaty and delineate a system from monitoring compliance. This book covers: (1) the desirable characteristics …
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€44.49
Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin
This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, …
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€37.15
Committee on Declassification of Information for the Department of Energy Environmental Remediation and Related Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Department of Energy Classification
With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy is engaged in a review of its policies regarding the classification of information. In 1994, the Secretary of Energy requested the assistance of …
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€33.93
Committee on Science and Policy for the Coastal Ocean & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Science, Policy, and the Coast
This book summarizes three symposia that were convened in the California, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of Mexico regions to seek new ways to improve the use of science in coastal policymaking. The book …
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€36.94
Advisory Panel for the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere Program (TOGA Panel) & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation
The TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program was designed to study short-term climate variations. A 10-year international program, TOGA made El Nino a household word. This book chronicles …
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€62.94
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments: Risk-Management Strategy for PCB-Contaminated Sediments
This book provides a risk-based framework for developing and implementing strategies to manage PCB-contaminated sediments at sites around the country. The framework has seven stages, beginning with …
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€52.12
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention & Board on Radiation Effects Research: Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory’s Thyroid Function Study
During the 1950s, with the Cold War looming, military planners sought to know more about how to keep fighting forces fit and capable in the harsh Alaskan environment. In 1956 and 1957, the U.S. Air …
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€40.29
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Plan for a Research Program on Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change
This book recommends the initiation of an "integrated" research program to study the role of aerosols in the predicted global climate change. Current understanding suggest that, even now, …
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€40.00
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Novel Approaches to Carbon Management
The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Novel Approaches to the Management of Greenhouse Gases from Energy Systems held a workshop at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, …
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€24.92
Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Freshwater Ecosystems
To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all …
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€67.61
Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon
Federal management of water is undergoing a change that involves a drastic reduction in the number of new water projects and an increase in emphasis on the quality of water management. This book …
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€40.98
Committee on Environmental Management Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Environmental Management Technology-Development Program at the Department of Energy
This book provides the National Academy of Sciences’ 1995 review of the technology development program for the remediation of the Department of Energy’s weapons complex facilities. It makes …
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€37.76
Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
This volume discusses the readiness of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic …
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€46.74
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations: Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-Emitters
This book describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment. In their analysis, the authors summarize in one document clinical and …
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€175.57
Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Alluvial Fan Flooding
Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by …
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€59.95
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Toxicological and Performance Aspects of Oxygenated Motor Vehicle Fuels: Toxicological and Performance Aspects of Oxygenated Motor Vehicle Fuels
This book reviews a draft report from the federal government that assesses the effects of oxygenated gasoline on public health, air quality, fuel economy, engine performance, and water quality. In …
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€40.69
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Committee on Optimizing the Characterization and Transportation of Transuranic Waste Destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound f
As operational experience is gained in the disposal of transuranic waste from nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, the Department of Energy (DOE) has …
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€45.19
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V): Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation
This book reevaluates the health risks of ionizing radiation in light of data that have become available since the 1980 report on this subject was published. The data include new, much more reliable …
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€126.87
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has measured numerous airborne contaminants in spacecraft during space missions because of the potential toxicological hazards to humans that …
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€51.68
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins
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Division on Earth and Life Studies & Molten Salt Panel of the Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes: Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternatives for the Removal and Disposition of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Fluoride Salts (
This book discusses the technical alternatives for cleanup of radioactive fluoride salts that were the fuel for the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment, a novel nuclear reactor design that was tested in …
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€34.21
Committee on the Global Ocean Observing System & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Ocean Observing System
The Global Ocean Observing System is a study by the Ocean Studies Board intended to provide information and advice to federal agencies (the U.S. GOOS Interagency ad hoc Working Group) to help define …
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€40.70
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Mapping Science Committee: Future of Spatial Data and Society
Public and private institutions are committing resources and making important long-term decisions concerning the collection, management, and use of spatial data. Although these actions are influenced …
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€40.59
Committee on U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Watershed Research in the U.S. Geological Survey
Watershed research is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand our understanding of basic hydrologic mechanisms and their responses at the watershed scale and to provide information …
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€42.50
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicologic Assessment of the Army’s Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests
During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. Army conducted atmospheric dispersion tests in many American cities using fluorescent particles of zinc cadmium sulfide (Zn Cd S) to develop and verify …
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€57.11
Committee on Research Opportunities and Priorities for EPA & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions
Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and others to protect …
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€37.27
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Research Required to Support Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Monitoring
On September 24, 1996, President Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the United Nations Headquarters. Over the next five months, 141 nations, including the four other nuclear …
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€45.29
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: NOAA’s Arctic Research Initiative
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Committee to Review Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments
The collapse of cod, flounder, and haddock fish stocks in the Northeast United States has caused widespread concern among managers and fishers in the United States and Canada. The diminishing stocks …
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€49.01
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Kevin D. Crowley: Research Reactor Aluminum Spent Fuel
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for management of aluminum spent fuel from foreign and domestic research reactors, much of which is highly …
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€45.31
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Passive Smoking: Environmental Tobacco Smoke
This comprehensive book examines the recent research investigating the characteristics and composition of different types of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and discusses possible health effects of …
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€103.98
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
New National Ambient Air Quality Standards for airborne particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers, called PM2.5, were issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amidst scientific …
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€43.07
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessment of Exposure-Response Functions for Rocket-Emission Toxicants
The U.S. Air Force is developing a model to assist commanders in determining when it is safe to launch rocket vehicles. The model estimates the possible number and types of adverse health effects for …
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€45.31
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists
In each year between 1994 and 1996, more than 7, 000 individuals received a Ph.D. in life-science, and the number of graduates is rising sharply. If present trends continue, about half of those …
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€49.43
Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of High-Level Waste in Tanks in the DOE Weapons Complex & Division on Earth and Life Studies: End State Methodology for Identifying Technology Needs for Environmental Management, with an Example from the Hanford Site
A major issue in the cleanup of this country’s nuclear weapons complex is how to dispose of the radioactive waste resulting primarily from the chemical processing operations for the recovery of …
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€33.21
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on an Evaluation of the US Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program: National Research Initiative
Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources in the coming decades. Rapid increases in world population and the pressure on …
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€50.58
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Toxicological Risks of Selected Flame-Retardant Chemicals
Ignition of upholstered furniture by small open flames from matches, cigarette lighters, and candles is one of the leading causes of residential-fire deaths in the United States. These fires …
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€156.07
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data: Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data
Reliable collections of science-based environmental information are vital for many groups of users and for a number of purposes. For example, electric utility companies predict demand during heat …
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€47.30
Climate Research Committee & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities
The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat GHGs pose to the …
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€40.69
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Flash Flood Forecasting Over Complex Terrain
The nation’s network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other …
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€52.72
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Distributed Geolibraries
A distributed geolibrary is a vision for the future. It would permit users to quickly and easily obtain all existing information available about a place that is relevant to a defined need. It is …
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€52.45
Committee on Major U.S. Oceanographic Research Programs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Global Ocean Science
During recent years, large-scale investigations into global climate change and other highly visible issues have taken the lion’s share of declining research funds. At the same time, funding for basic …
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€52.38
Committee on Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Downstream
The Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center began long-term planning at its inception and, in May 1997, produced a Long-Term Monitoring and Research Strategic Plan that was adopted by stakeholder …
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€80.00
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants
A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly forces, and mark positions. Smokes are produced by burning or vaporizing particular …
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€33.81
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel: Enhancing Access to NEXRAD Data–A Critical National Resource
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Panel was asked to assess the value of the NEXRAD data for answering key atmospheric and hydrological science questions (see the tasking letter in …
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€17.48
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter
In the effort to reduce the scientific and technical uncertainties over regulation of airborne particulate matter in the United States, Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: II. …
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€36.70
Committee on Hydrologic Science & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Hydrologic Science Priorities for the U.S. Global Change Research Program
The availability of fresh water is potentially one of the most pervasive crises of the coming century. Water-related decisions will determine the future of major ecosystems, the health of regional …
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€40.75
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation
During the next several years, decisions are expected to be made in several countries on the further development and implementation of the geological disposition option. The Board on Radioactive …
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€17.52
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Climate Research Committee: Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change
An overall increase in global-mean atmospheric temperatures is predicted to occur in response to human-induced increases in atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping ”greenhouse gases." The …
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€33.36
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Copper in Drinking Water: Copper in Drinking Water
The safety of the nation’s drinking water must be maintained to ensure the health of the public. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating the levels of substances …
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€40.72
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade
The rapid expansion of international trade has brought to the fore issues of conflicting national regulations in the area of plant, animal, and human health. These problems include the concern that …
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€69.92
Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Shaping the Future
This book brings the concerned individual up-to-date on the breakthroughs and social questions emerging from biology today. Author Steve Olson draws on the latest research in a number of fields as …
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€21.28
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards
Studying animals in the environment may be a realistic and highly beneficial approach to identifying unknown chemical contaminants before they cause human harm. Animals as Sentinels of Environmental …
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€20.38
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology
Are environmental pollutants threatening the human immune system? Researchers are rapidly approaching definitive answers to this question, with the aid of biologic markers–sophisticated assessment …
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€44.53
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources: Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources
When the U.S. Department of the Interior released its 1989 estimates of how much undiscovered oil and gas remain in the United States, a controversy ensued. Some members of the petroleum industry …
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€27.15
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geodesy: International Network of Global Fiducial Stations
The advent of highly precise space-based geodetic techniques has led to the application of these techniques to the solution of global earth and ocean problems. Now under consideration is a worldwide …
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€22.64
Board on Radiation Effects Research & Commission on Life Sciences: Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network
Written at the request of the U.S. Air Force and Congress, this book evaluates the potential health effects associated with deployment of the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN), a communications …
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€60.32
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: National Geomagnetic Initiative
This book provides a comprehensive review of geomagnetism and describes the scope of the science and its interdisciplinary importance. It explores a wide range of synergistic linkages in geophysical …
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€32.21
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Haze in the Grand Canyon
This book presents working principles for assessing the relative importance of anthropogenic emission sources that contribute to haze in U.S. national parks and wilderness areas and discusses various …
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€20.52
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems
Aldo Leopold, father of the "land ethic, " once said, "The time has come for science to busy itself with the earth itself. The first step is to reconstruct a sample of what we had to …
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€163.98
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride
This book reviews the effects on health of fluoride ingested from various sources. Those health effects reviewed include dental fluorosis; bone fracture; effects on renal, reproductive, and …
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€66.47
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Environment
This book addresses remedial action and waste management problems that the DOE and the nation are now facing that are the result of 50 years of nuclear weapons development and testing–problems that …
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€33.95
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants
A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and are used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly forces, and mark positions. Obscurants are anthropogenic or naturally occurring …
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€38.46
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Biologic Markers: Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology
Biologic markers–indicators of biological exposure or change–offer the promise of early detection of disease caused by environmental exposure. Researchers have used these markers to discover …
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€29.65
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Commission on Life Sciences: Environmental Neurotoxicology
Scientists agree that exposure to toxic agents in the environment can cause neurological and psychiatric illnesses ranging from headaches and depression to syndromes resembling parkinsonism. It can …
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€55.79
Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management
This book contains 11 papers that review the extant information about the Colorado River from an ecosystem perspective and serve as the basis for discussion of the use of ecosystem/earth science …
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€34.11
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Safer Future
Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard …
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€15.09
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Commission on Geosciences Environment and Resources: Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing
This book recounts the issues raised and the viewpoints aired at a recent symposium on repository licensing. It summarizes the problems surrounding the setting of an Environmental Protection Agency …
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€22.81
Commission on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Use of the term "multiple chemical sensitivity" (MCS) as a diagnostic label has generated increasing controversy during the past few decades as a phenomenon related to exposure to chemical …
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€64.45
Division on Earth and Life Studies & National Research Council: Oceanography in the Next Decade
Oceanography has moved into the spotlight of urgent social concern, because of the oceans’ impact on issues such as global climate change, biodiversity, and even national security. This new volume …
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€46.44
Committee on Oceanic Carbon & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies
This book both describes the chemical parameters that must be measured in the ocean in order to improve our understanding of the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle and recommends technologies of …
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€30.14
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Measuring Lead in Critical Populations: Measuring Lead Exposure in Infants, Children, and Other Sensitive Populations
Lead is a ubiquitous toxic agent that is especially damaging to the young child and the developing fetus. Unlike many environmental health risks, the risks associated with lead are no longer …
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€105.54
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health: Risk Assessment in the Federal Government
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 …
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€47.02
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Assessing Vulnerabilities Related to the Nation’s Chemical Infrastructure: Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure
The chemical sector is a key part of the national economy and has been designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as one of 17 sectors comprising the nation’s Critical Infrastructure. …
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€42.56
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging: Visualizing Chemistry
Scientists and engineers have long relied on the power of imaging techniques to help see objects invisible to the naked eye, and thus, to advance scientific knowledge. These experts are constantly …
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€58.11
Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississsippi River-Illinois Waterway Draft Feasibility Study & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Water Resources Planning for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississippi River-Ilinois Waterway, which was one of the agency’s longest and most complicated studies in its …
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€25.12
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences
The National Science Foundation’s Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) supports research to develop new understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere and how the Sun impacts it. Strategic Guidance for …
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€30.39
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium
The field of geoengineering is at a crossroads where the path to high-tech solutions meets the path to expanding applications of geotechnology. In this report, the term "geoengineering" …
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€69.39
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicologic Assessment of Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents: Review of the Department of Defense Research Program on Low-Level Exposures to Chemical Warfare Agents
Research related to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) has historically focused on life threatening battlefield effects caused by high level exposures to the agents, not effects associated with exposures …
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€36.16
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines
Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. The management of large volumes of coal combustion …
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€58.06
Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase II aÂ& Assessments of the Extent of Change and the Implications for Policy & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems
Recent scientific literature has raised many concerns about whether fisheries have caused more extensive changes to marine populations and ecosystems than previously realized or predicted. In many …
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€45.22
Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drawing Louisiana’s New Map
During the past 50 years, coastal Louisiana has suffered catastrophic land loss due to both natural and human causes. This loss has increased storm vulnerability and amplified risks to lives, …
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€45.25
Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network
Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic. However, the record of Arctic observations suffers from …
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€52.14
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation: Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World
Humans coexist with millions of harmless microorganisms, but emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, and the threat of bioterrorism are forcing scientists to look for new ways to confront the …
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€33.14
Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies
Since the 1950s, the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Changes in …
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€44.48
Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Polar Icebreaker Roles and U.S. Future Needs
The age and condition of the U.S. Coast Guard’s polar icebreakers are jeopardizing national security and scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic, according to an interim report from the …
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€24.89
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Application of Toxicogenomics to Cross-Species Extrapolation
Some of what we know about the health effects of exposure to chemicals from food, drugs, and the environment come from studies of occupational, inadvertent, or accident-related exposures. When there …
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€25.18
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Ecological Impacts of Road Density: Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads
All phases of road development"from construction and use by vehicles to maintenance"affect physical and chemical soil conditions, water flow, and air and water quality, as well as plants …
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€69.37
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Toxicity Testing and Assessment of Environmental Agents: Toxicity Testing for Assessment of Environmental Agents
Toxicity testing in laboratory animals provides much of the information used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assess the hazards and risks associated with exposure to environmental …
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€46.73
Committee on Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Laboratory Animals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals
Arranging the transportation of animals at research facilities is often an ordeal. There is a confusing patchwork of local, national, and international regulations; a perceived lack of high-quality …
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€41.02
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Science, Medicine, and Animals
Science, Medicine, and Animals explains the role that animals play in biomedical research and the ways in which scientists, governments, and citizens have tried to balance the experimental use of …
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€17.47
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water: Fluoride in Drinking Water
Most people associate fluoride with the practice of intentionally adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water …
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€64.87
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Review of the Department of Energy’s Genomics: GTL Program: Review of the Department of Energy’s Genomics: GTL Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) promotes scientific and technological innovation to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States. Recognizing the potential of …
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€32.81
Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Waste & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research …
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€44.50
Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)
The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in …
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€29.39
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Basic and Applied Research Priorities in Geospatial Science for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Priorities for GEOINT Research at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provides geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to support national security, both as a national intelligence and a combat support agency. In the post-9/11 …
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€42.97
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on State Practices in Setting Mobile Source Emissions Standards: State and Federal Standards for Mobile-Source Emissions
Emissions from mobile sources contribute significantly to air pollution in the United States. Such sources include cars and light- and heavy-duty trucks; diesel-powered cranes, bulldozers, and …
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€84.33
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Development of a Polio Antiviral and Its Potential Role in Global Poliomyelitis Eradication: Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio
Exploring the Role of Antiviral Drugs in the Eradication of Polio: Workshop Report, is a report of a workshop in which experts evaluated whether an antiviral drug against poliovirus would be helpful …
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€25.18
Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energys (DOEs) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes stored …
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€71.65
Committee on Disaster Research in the Social Sciences: Future Challenges and Opportunities & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Facing Hazards and Disasters
Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed greatly to society’s ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by …
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€78.10
Committee on the Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods
Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing trips in 2004. …
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€52.02
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Animal Models for Testing Interventions Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents: Overcoming Challenges to Develop Countermeasures Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents
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 …
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€24.91
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years
In response to a request from Congress, Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2, 000 Years assesses the state of scientific efforts to reconstruct surface temperature records for Earth …
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€47.02
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences: Beyond Mapping
Geographic information systems (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other information technologies have all changed the nature of work in the mapping sciences and in the …
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€35.72
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Preliminary Principles and Guidelines for Archiving Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirements–data that stretch from the …
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€17.48
Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER) & Division on Earth and Life Studies: CLEANER and NSF’s Environmental Observatories
Degradation of the nation’s water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might …
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€24.94
Committee on the Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process
The National Sea Grant College Program, created in 1966, has grown into a nationwide network of 30 individual Sea Grant programs located at some of the nation’s top universities. Administered through …
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€53.36
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System
The sources, distributions, and transformation of organic compounds in the solar system are active study areas as a means to provide information about the evolution of the solar system and the …
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€36.98
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Estimating and Communicating Uncertainty in Weather and Climate Forecasts: Completing the Forecast
Uncertainty is a fundamental characteristic of weather, seasonal climate, and hydrological prediction, and no forecast is complete without a description of its uncertainty. Effective communication of …
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€37.19
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on EPA’s Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of TCDD and Related Compounds: Health Risks from Dioxin and Related Compounds
Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a comprehensive review of the scientific literature in its 2003 draft reassessment of the risks of dioxin, the agency did not sufficiently …
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€60.28
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Toxicants: Human Biomonitoring for Environmental Chemicals
Biomonitoring—a method for measuring amounts of toxic chemicals in human tissues—is a valuable tool for studying potentially harmful environmental chemicals. Biomonitoring data have been …
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€64.06
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants: New Source Review for Stationary Sources of Air Pollution
The Clean Air Act established a pair of programs"known as New Source Review (NSR)"that regulate large stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories and electricity-generating …
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€75.46
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
Launched jointly in 1997 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a satellite …
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€35.42
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethylene is a chlorinated solvent widely used as a degreasing agent in industrial and manufacturing settings. It is also used as a chemical intermediate in making other chemicals and is a …
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€76.23
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on National Statistics: Measuring Respirator Use in the Workplace
Respirators are used in a variety of workplaces including emergency response, mining operations, construction, manufacturing, and hospitals. In 2001, National Institute of Occupational Safety and …
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€24.88
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Status of Pollinators in North America
Pollinators–insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction–are an essential part of natural and agricultural …
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€64.93
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections
Museums catalogue our knowledge of the Earth’s biodiversity, and their collections represent many decades of work by experts. Access to DNA sequence information in archival specimens would greatly …
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€24.86
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on the Earth System Science for Decisions About Human Welfare: Contributions of Remote Sensing: Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health
Land remote sensing: the use of space-based satellite technologies to obtain information on environmental variables such as land-use and land-covering combination with other types of data can provide …
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€34.99
Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Drinking Water Distribution Systems
Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. Distribution systems — consisting of pipes, pumps, valves, storage tanks, reservoirs, …
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€80.06
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on the Future of Rainfall Measuring Missions: NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) uses precipitation data in many applications including hurricane forecasting. Currently, NOAA uses data collected from the Tropical Rainfall …
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€40.79
Committee on the Assessment of U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Roles and Future Needs & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Polar Icebreakers in a Changing World
The United States has enduring national and strategic interests in the polar regions, including citizens living above the Arctic circle and three year-round scientific stations in the Antarctic. …
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€3.73
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Earth-Atmosphere Interactions: Understanding and Responding to Multiple Environmental Stresses: Understanding Multiple Environmental Stresses
The research of the last decade has demonstrated that ecosystems and human systems are influenced by multiple factors, including climate, land use, and the by-products of resource use. Understanding …
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€43.00
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP): Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
This report is the first in a congressionally mandated series of biennial evaluations of the progress being made by the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort …
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€61.82
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the Worker and Public Health Activities Program Administered by the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services: Review of the Worker and Public Health Activities
Ever since the United States began producing and testing nuclear weapons during World War II, the effects of ionizing radiation on human health and the environment have been a serious public concern. …
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€70.83
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Successful Response Starts with a Map
In the past few years the United States has experienced a series of disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which have severely taxed and in many cases overwhelmed responding agencies. In all …
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€51.55
Committee on Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts
Like ocean beaches, sheltered coastal areas experience land loss from erosion and sea level rise. In response, property owners often install hard structures such as bulkheads as a way to prevent …
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€46.42
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences: Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation’s Support of the Atmospheric Sciences
The National Science Foundations Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) supports research to develop new understanding of Earths atmosphere and how the Sun impacts it. Strategic Guidance for the …
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€55.04
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Exploring Opportunities in Green Chemistry and Engineering Education
Going green is a hot topic in both chemistry and chemical engineering. Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous …
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€24.72
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Population: Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises
Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. Reliable data on the numbers, characteristics, and locations of these populations …
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€56.59
Committee on River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey & Division on Earth and Life Studies: River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nations drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nations electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of …
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€52.87
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals
In 1993, the National Research Councils Committee on Toxicology developed criteria and methods for EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to develop community emergency …
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€70.16
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines: Spacecraft Water Exposure Guidelines for Selected Contaminants
The International Space Station is a closed and complex environment, so some contamination of its internal atmosphere and water system is expected. To protect space crews from contaminants in potable …
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€118.78
Committee for the Technical Assessment of Environmental Programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discharges of wastes from activities associated with the federal governments Los Alamos site in northern New Mexico began during the Manhattan Project in 1943. Now designated the Los Alamos National …
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€17.21
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies: Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
Floodplain maps serve as the basis for determining whether homes or buildings require flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …
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€42.97
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Life Sciences: Validation of Toxicogenomic Technologies
Beginning in the early 1980s, new technologies, began to permit evaluation of the expression of individual genes. Recent technological advances have expanded those evaluations to permit the …
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€24.88
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the OMB Risk Assessment Bulletin: Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget
Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and …
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€72.20
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems: Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems
The search for life in the solar system and beyond has to date been governed by a model based on what we know about life on Earth (terran life). Most of NASA’s mission planning is focused on …
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€35.68
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research
It is widely understood that stem cell treatments have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Because of this potential, in 2004 California voters approved Proposition 71 to set up a 10-year, $3 …
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€34.67
Commission on Life Sciences & Committee on Toxicology: Review of Acute Human-Toxicity Estimates for Selected Chemical-Warfare Agents
No reliable acute-exposure1 standards have been established for the particular purpose of protecting soldiers from toxic exposures to chemical warfare (CW) agents. Some human-toxicity estimates are …
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€60.27
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Interventions to Increase the Resilience of Coral Reefs: Decision Framework for Interventions to Increase the Persistence and Resilience of Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm protection, tourism income, and more. However, human-induced stressors, such as overfishing, sediment, …
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€83.47
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Management Models for Future Seismological and Geodetic Facilities and Capabilities
Modern geoscience research informs many important decisions and projects, such as geological disaster preparation, natural resource extraction, and global development. This critical research relies …
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€55.88
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Board on Research Data and Information: Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
One of the pathways by which the scientific community confirms the validity of a new scientific discovery is by repeating the research that produced it. When a scientific effort fails to …
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€83.40
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on a Research Agenda for a New Era in Separation Science: Research Agenda for Transforming Separation Science
Separation science plays a critical role in maintaining our standard of living and quality of life. Many industrial processes and general necessities such as chemicals, medicines, clean water, safe …
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€61.82
Committee on Improving the Next-Generation EPA Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Improving the EPA Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges
Industrial stormwater is derived from precipitation and/or runoff that comes in contact with industrial manufacturing, processing, storage, or material overburden and then runs offsite and enters …
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€97.32
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review DOD’s Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Limit for TCE: Review of DOD’s Approach to Deriving an Occupational Exposure Level for Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethylene (TCE) is a solvent that is used as a degreasing agent, a chemical intermediate in refrigerant manufacture, and a component of spot removers and adhesives. It is produced in mass …
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€62.36
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Water Science and Technology Board: Groundwater Recharge and Flow
Water of appropriate quantity and quality is essential for drinking, sanitation, and food, energy, and industrial production for any society and is derived for most needs from surface- or groundwater …
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€61.81
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board: Future of Low Dose Radiation Research in the United States
Exposures at low doses of radiation, generally taken to mean doses below 100 millisieverts, are of primary interest for setting standards for protecting individuals against the adverse effects of …
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€90.66
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Global Change Research Needs and Opportunities for 2022-2031
The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to …
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€41.45
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy?s Office of Environmental Management: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Def
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purposes since the initiation of the World War II …
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€51.90
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee to Identify Innovative Technologies to Advance Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovations in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing on the Horizon
In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Pharmaceutical Quality for the 21st Century Initiative to encourage adoption of innovative technologies that would lead to an agile, …
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€69.06
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Planetary Protection: Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection
Under U.S. policy and international treaty, the goals of planetary protection are to avoid both adverse changes in Earths environment caused by introducing extraterrestrial matter and harmful …
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€18.83
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on the Nutrient Requirements of Fish and Shrimp: Nutrient Requirements of Fish and Shrimp
Aquaculture now supplies half of the seafood and fisheries products consumed worldwide and is gaining international significance as a source of food and income. Future demands for seafood and …
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€94.35
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Swine: Nutrient Requirements of Swine
Since 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 …
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€100.52
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Creating the Future Workforce in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
The production of food and other agricultural goods is a fundamental human endeavor and a cornerstone of the U.S. economy. While careers related to agriculture and natural resources have evolved in …
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€12.64
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Future Use of NASA Airborne Platforms to Advance Earth Science Priorities: Airborne Platforms to Advance NASA Earth System Science Priorities
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other U.S. science research agencies operate a fleet of research aircraft and other airborne platforms that offer diverse capabilities. To …
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€69.08
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia …
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€150.90
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock
Fractured rock is the host or foundation for innumerable engineered structures related to energy, water, waste, and transportation. Characterizing, modeling, and monitoring fractured rock sites is …
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€69.56
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area: Revisiting Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area
Brucellosis is a nationally and internationally regulated disease of livestock with significant consequences for animal health, public health, and international trade. In cattle, the primary cause of …
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€69.71
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants
Updating two previous National Research Council publications, Nutrient Requirements of Sheep, Sixth Revised Edition, 1985, and Nutrient Requirements of Goats, First Edition, 1981, this new book …
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€94.35
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on the Evaluation of the Use of Chemical Dispersants in Oil Spill Response: Use of Dispersants in Marine Oil Spill Response
Whether the result of an oil well blowout, vessel collision or grounding, leaking pipeline, or other incident at sea, each marine oil spill will present unique circumstances and challenges. The oil …
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€75.37
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Animal Nutrition: Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that …
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€101.08
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Horses: Nutrient Requirements of Horses
Proper formulation of diets for horses depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. These requirements depend on the breed and age of the horse and whether it is exercising, …
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€100.62
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Management of Legionella in Water Systems
Legionnaires disease, a pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacterium, is the leading cause of reported waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States. Legionella occur naturally in water from many …
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€90.45
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Assuring Data Quality at U.S. Geological Survey Laboratories
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission is to provide reliable and impartial scientific information to understand Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, and manage water, …
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€74.48
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Safeguarding the Bioeconomy
Research and innovation in the life sciences is driving rapid growth in agriculture, biomedical science, information science and computing, energy, and other sectors of the U.S. economy. This …
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€89.83
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs: Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs
Satellite remote sensing is the primary tool for measuring global changes in the land, ocean, biosphere, and atmosphere. Over the past three decades, active remote sensing technologies have enabled …
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€90.55
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Biological Collections
Biological collections are a critical part of the nation’s science and innovation infrastructure and a fundamental resource for understanding the natural world. Biological collections underpin basic …
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€69.56
Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Department of Energy’s Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energys National Nuclear Security …
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€76.04
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee for the Review of the BOEM &Air Quality Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico& Study: Review of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management "Air Quality Modeling in the Gulf of Mexico Region" Study
Emissions associated with oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the Gulf waters can result in increased levels of air pollutants that contribute to a range of air quality impacts in …
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€55.39
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics: Life-Cycle Decisions for Biomedical Data
Biomedical research results in the collection and storage of increasingly large and complex data sets. Preserving those data so that they are discoverable, accessible, and interpretable accelerates …
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€75.96
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology: Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake
During the 20th century, the city of Los Angeles diverted surface water flowing into Owens Lake for water supply, transforming the large, closed-basin, saline lake into a small brine pool surrounded …
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€81.10
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review DoDaÂ&s Proposed Occupational Exposure Limits for Lead: Review of the Department of Defense Biokinetic Modeling Approach in Support of Establishing an Airborne Lead Exposure Limit
Biokinetic modeling provides a mathematical technique for estimating absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of chemicals, including particles and metals, in humans. Such models can be …
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€43.71
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics: Planning for Long-Term Use of Biomedical Data
Biomedical research data sets are becoming larger and more complex, and computing capabilities are expanding to enable transformative scientific results. The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) …
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€41.74
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Final Review of the Study on Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (ePU
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is responsible for managing and cleaning up the waste and contamination at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the nation’s biggest and …
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€83.49
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review the NTP Monograph on the Systematic Review of Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopmental and Cognitive Health Effects: Review of the Draft NTP Monograph
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) conducted a systematic review of the evidence of adverse neurodevelopmental and cognitive effects of fluoride exposure. NTP’s conclusions are summarized in the …
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€15.17
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Catalyzing Opportunities for Research in the Earth Sciences (CORES): A Decadal Survey for NSFaÂ&s Division of Earth Sciences: Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030
The Earth system functions and connects in unexpected ways – from the microscopic interactions of bacteria and rocks to the macro-scale processes that build and erode mountains and regulate Earths …
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€69.67
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Developing a Research Agenda and Research Governance Approaches for Climate Intervention Strategies that Reflect Sunlight to Cool Earth: Reflecting Sunlight
Climate change is creating impacts that are widespread and severe for individuals, communities, economies, and ecosystems around the world. While efforts to reduce emissions and adapt to climate …
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€75.91
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on Assessment of the Use and Care of Dogs in Biomedical Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Necessity, Use, and Care of Laboratory Dogs at the U.S. Department of Veterans
For many years, laboratory dogs have served as important animal models for biomedical research that has advanced human health. Conducted at the request of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs …
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€61.56
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Next Steps for Functional Genomics
One of the holy grails in biology is the ability to predict functional characteristics from an organism’s genetic sequence. Despite decades of research since the first sequencing of an organism in …
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€75.38
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats
Growing numbers of pet owners are giving their pets dietary supplements in hopes of supporting their health. Many people presume that supplements are safer than drugs, but the reality is that there …
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€150.84
Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Protection Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program
New York City’s municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby …
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€95.17
Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world’s treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure to improve flood management, urban …
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€87.95
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on National Statistics: Assessment of the Need for Native Seeds and the Capacity for Their Supply
Across the United States, millions of acres of land have been so disturbed by human activities or severe climate events that significant portions of their native plant communities have been lost and …
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€46.79
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for SARS-CoV-2
In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome …
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€68.62
Board on Global Health & Board on Life Sciences: Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in collaboration with the Inter Academy Partnership and the European Academies Science Advisory Committee held a workshop in November …
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€69.94
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf
A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf provides independent guidance about taxonomic research on the red wolf, Canis rufus. Building from the 2019 report Evaluating the Taxonomic …
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€76.04
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Environmental Neuroscience
Humans are potentially exposed to more than 80, 000 toxic chemicals in the environment, yet their impacts on brain health and disease are not well understood. The sheer number of these chemicals has …
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€46.86
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on a Review of Methods for Detecting Soreness in Horses: Review of Methods for Detecting Soreness in Horses
During the last century and today, the Tennessee walking horse has been used primarily for pleasure and show competition. Unique and natural to the breed is a smooth four-beat "running …
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€52.60
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’s TSCA Systematic Review Guidance Document: Use of Systematic Review in EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act Risk Evaluations
Systematic review – a scientific investigation that focuses on a specific question and uses explicit, prespecified scientific methods to identify, select, assess, and summarize the findings of …
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€46.87
Committee on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Radioactive Sources
Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources and alternative …
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€75.99
Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Space Radiation and Astronaut Health
Astronauts face unique health-related risks during crewed space missions, and longer-duration missions that extend to greater distances in our solar system (including to the Moon and Mars) will …
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€46.79
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Exploring a Dynamic Soil Information System
As a living substrate, soil is critical to the function of Earth’s geophysical and chemical properties. Soil also plays a major role in several human activities, including farming, forestry, and …
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€41.51
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies
Quantum concepts hold the potential to enable significant advances in sensing and imaging technologies that could be vital to the study of biological systems. The workshop Quantum Science Concepts in …
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€41.16
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid
Fusion energy offers the prospect of addressing the nation’s energy needs and contributing to the transition to a low-carbon emission electrical generation infrastructure. Technology and research …
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€46.80
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Identifying New Community-Driven Science Themes for NSF’s Support of Paleoclimate Research
Sediments, ice, corals, and trees are just some of the natural storehouses of information that help tell the complicated history of Earth?s climate. Paleoclimate researchers use these ?proxies, ? in …
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€41.45
Committee on the Use of Limited Access Privilege Programs in Mixed-Use Fisheries & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Use of Limited Access Privilege Programs in Mixed-Use Fisheries
A central goal of U.S. fisheries management is to control the exploitation of fish populations so that fisheries remain biologically productive, economically valuable, and socially equitable. …
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€51.93
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee to Review EPA’S IRIS Assessment Handbook: Review of U.S. EPA’s ORD Staff Handbook for Developing IRIS Assessments
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops human health assessments that focus on hazard identification and dose-response analyses for …
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€26.39
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Rental Eviction and the COVID-19 Pandemic
As the federal moratorium on rental eviction is set to expire on July 31st, 2021, actionable guidance is urgently needed on how to ensure that renters can stay in their homes and housing aid reaches …
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€18.84
Committee on the Assessment and Advancement of Science in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Environmental Studies Program & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Attributes of a First-in-Class Environmental Program
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) manages the energy and mineral resources on the outer continental shelf. BOEM’s environmental program, by producing environmental studies and conducting …
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€41.32
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of the Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reser
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, where about two-thirds of the nation’s weapons plutonium was produced from 1944 to 1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the …
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€12.55
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on State of the Art and Practice in Earthquake Induced Soil Liquefaction Assessment: State of the Art and Practice in the Assessment of Earthquake-Induced Soil Liquefaction and Its Consequences
Earthquake-induced soil liquefaction (liquefaction) is a leading cause of earthquake damage worldwide. Liquefaction is often described in the literature as the phenomena of seismic generation of …
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€75.39
Committee on Advancing a Systems Approach to Studying the Earth: A Strategy for the National Science Foundation & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a key role over the past several decades in advancing understanding of Earth’s systems by funding research on atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, …
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€26.19
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology: Wildland Fires: Toward Improved Understanding and Forecasting of Air Quality Impacts
Wildland fires pose a growing threat to air quality and human health. Fire is a natural part of many landscapes, but the extent of area burned and the severity of fires have been increasing, …
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€31.40
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Triangulation in Environmental Epidemiology for EPA Human Health Assessments
Human health risk assessments provide the basis for public health decision-making and chemical regulation in the United States. Three evidence streams generally support the development of human …
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€19.00
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to Advance Earth System Science
The Earth system – the atmospheric, hydrologic, geologic, and biologic cycles that circulate energy, water, nutrients, and other trace substances – is a large, complex, multiscale system in space and …
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€22.61
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Chemical Engineering in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities: New Directions for Chemical Engineering
Over the past century, the work of chemical engineers has helped transform societies and the lives of individuals, from the synthetic fertilizers that helped feed the world to the development of …
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€51.50
Committee on A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration
As of 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached historically unprecedented levels, higher than at any time in the past 800, 000 years. Worldwide efforts to reduce emissions by creating a …
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€75.52
Committee on Cross-Cutting Themes for U.S. Contributions to the Ocean Decade & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Cross-Cutting Themes for U.S. Contributions to the UN Ocean Decade
The ocean is central to the health of the planet and the well-being of human societies, but ongoing depletion, disruption, and pollution threaten its future. The United Nations proclaimed 2021-2030 …
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€21.35
Board on Human-Systems Integration & Board on Life Sciences: Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information About Biological Threats Through Scientific Collaboration and Communication in Southeast Asia
Misinformation about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics is a decades-old problem that has been exacerbated by the rise of the internet and the widespread use of social media. Some false claims may …
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€18.99
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Draft Decadal Strategic Plan, 2022-2031
More intense heat waves, extended wildfire seasons and other escalating impacts of climate change have made it more important than ever to fill knowledge gaps that improve society’s understanding, …
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€23.88
Committee on the Review of the Inland Estimated Recovery System Potential (ERSP) Prototype Calculator & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Inland Estimated Recovery System Potential (ERSP) Prototype Calculator
In the wake of major oil spills, including the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989 and Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010, the United States developed tools for calculating the clean-up capability of oil spill …
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€18.84
Board on Health Care Services & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Companion Animals as Sentinels for Predicting Environmental Exposure Effects on Aging and Cancer Susceptibility in Humans
To examine the potential role of companion animals as sentinels of relevant, shared environmental exposures that may affect human aging and cancer, the National Cancer Policy Forum held a workshop in …
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€26.38
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Guidance on PFAS Exposure, Testing, and Clinical Follow-Up
In thousands of communities across the United States, drinking water is contaminated with chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are used in a wide range of …
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€28.92
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Emerging Science on Indoor Chemistry: Why Indoor Chemistry Matters
People spend the vast majority of their time inside their homes and other indoor environments where they are exposed to a wide range of chemicals from building materials, furnishings, occupants, …
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€36.72
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Enhancing the U.S. Chemical Economy Through Investments in Fundamental Research in the Chemical Sciences: Importance of Chemical Research to the U.S. Economy
Chemistry plays a pivotal role in the strength of the U.S. economy and the advancement of humankind. Chemists’ achievements include life-saving pharmaceuticals, advanced energy solutions, improved …
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€43.04
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Review of Fate, Exposure, and Effects of Sunscreens in Aquatic Environments and Implications for Sunscreen Usage and Human Health
Regular use of sunscreens has been shown to reduce the risk of sunburn and skin cancer, and slow photoaging of skin. Sunscreens can rinse off into water where people are swimming or wading, and can …
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€61.56
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, with petroleum accounting for 90 percent of transportation fuels. Policymakers encounter a range of questions as …
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€52.13
Committee on Developing a Long-Term Strategy for Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Leveraging Advances in Modern Science to Revitalize Low-Dose Radiation Research in the United States
Radiation exposure at low doses (below 100 milligray) or low-dose rates (less than 5 milligray per hour) occurs in a wide range of medical, industrial, military, and commercial settings. The effects …
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€41.45
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on the Chemistry of Urban Wildfires: Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
Wildfires in America are becoming larger, more frequent, and more destructive, driven by climate change and existing land management practices. Many of these fires occur at the wildland-urban …
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€41.47
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment & Committee on Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management: Effectiveness and Efficiency of Def
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) was established by Congress in 1989 to remediate waste and environmental contamination that have resulted from nuclear …
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€23.86
Division on Earth and Life Studies & Institute for Laboratory Animal Research: Animal Welfare Challenges in Research and Education on Wildlife, Non-Model Animal Species and Biodiversity
Research to advance understanding of the ecology and biology of wildlife species is more important than ever as the world confronts issues ranging from biodiversity loss to the emergence of zoonotic …
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€25.10
Committee on the Future of Water Quality in Coeur d?Alene Lake & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Future of Water Quality in Coeur d’Alene Lake
Coeur d’Alene Lake in northern Idaho is an invaluable natural, recreational, and economic resource for communities in Idaho and eastern Washington. Starting in the late 1880s, mining in the Lake?s …
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€51.48
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Development of a Framework for Evaluating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information for Decision Making
Climate change, driven by increases in human-produced greenhouse gases and particles (collectively referred to as GHGs), is the most serious environmental issue facing society. The need to reduce …
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€31.43
Board on Life Sciences & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Physics of Life
Biological physics, or the physics of living systems, has emerged fully as a field of physics, alongside more traditional fields of astrophysics and cosmology, atomic, molecular and optical physics, …
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€61.99
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States: Understanding the Societal Challenges Facing Nuclear Power
Nuclear reactors can provide low-carbon energy, and advanced nuclear technologies could play an important role in moving the United States toward a zero-carbon future. Next-generation nuclear …
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€18.84
Committee on Oil in the Sea IV & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Oil in the Sea IV
Oil and natural gas represent more than 50 percent of the worldwide energy supply, with high energy demand driven by population growth and improving standards of living. Despite significant progress …
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€74.89
Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservati
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944-1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the United …
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€23.87
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Higher Education and Workforce: Enhancing Coordination and Collaboration Across the Land-Grant System
Land-grant colleges and universities play a crucial role in addressing the complex challenges facing the U.S. agricultural system and global food security. Multidisciplinary collaboration involving a …
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€22.63
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology Options and the Waste Aspects of Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Merits and Viability of Different Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Technology
The United States has deployed commercial nuclear power since the 1950s, and as of 2021, nuclear power accounts for approximately 20 percent of U.S. electricity generation. The current commercial …
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€46.44
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering: Corrosion of Buried Steel at New and In-Service Infrastructure
Steel is a common component of U.S. infrastructure, but that steel can corrode when buried in soil, rock, or fill. Steel corrosion is estimated to cost the United States 3-4 percent of its gross …
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€26.38
Committee to Review the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) 2022-2027 Research and Technology Plan & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of ICCOPR’s 2022-2027 Oil Pollution Research and Technology Plan
After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, advancing oil pollution research and technology to limit the environmental impacts of oil spills became a national and international priority. Congress …
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€22.59
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Earth Resources: Potential Impacts of Gold Mining in Virginia
Virginia was one of the first major gold-producing states in the U.S., but it has seen only limited and intermittent gold mining activity in the last 70 years. Recent increase in gold prices and …
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€51.34
Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Over the past century, the Everglades has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure intended to improve flood management, urban water supply, and agricultural …
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€55.73
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Review of the Draft Fifth National Climate Assessment
Roughly every four years, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produces a congressionally mandated assessment of global change science and the impacts, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee on the State of the Science and Future Needs for Nonhuman Primate Model Systems: Nonhuman Primate Models in Biomedical Research
Nonhuman primates represent a small fraction of animals used in biomedical research, but they remain important research models due to their similarities to humans with respect to genetic makeup, …
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on National Statistics: Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply
Extreme weather and wildfires, intensified by climate change, are damaging the native plant communities of landscapes across the United States. Native plant communities are foundational to thriving …
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€41.82
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Carbon Dioxide Utilization Markets and Infrastructure
Carbon materials pervade many aspects of modern life, from fuels and building materials to consumer goods and commodity chemicals. Reaching net-zero emissions will require replacing existing …
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€31.68
Board on Life Sciences & Committee on Planetary Protection: Planetary Protection Considerations for Missions to Solar System Small Bodies
The ultimate goal of planetary protection for outbound missions is to prevent harmful contamination that would inhibit future measurements designed to search for evidence of the existence or …
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€24.08
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Advancing Research on Understanding Environmental Effects of UV Filters from Sunscreens
Sunscreens and a variety of other products contain chemical ultraviolet (UV) filters that absorb or block the sun?s radiation and thereby help mitigate harms to human skin from the sun. The 2022 …
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Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Children’s Environmental Health
The National Academies Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, and Board on Children Youth and Families convened a workshop in August …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reflections on the National Science Foundation’s Understanding the Rules of Life Program
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established a five-year program on Understanding the Rules of Life (URo L) to identify generalizable rules that govern biological systems at micro and …
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Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservati
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the state of Washington produced about two-thirds of the nations plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944 until the last reactor was shut down in 1987. The U.S. …
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Committee on Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Wind Turbine Generator Impacts to Marine Vessel Radar
Offshore wind energy development is poised to expand rapidly across the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf over the next decade, as part of a government-wide effort to develop more renewable sources of …
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€37.97
Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world’s ocean each year – the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is …
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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: Building Confidence in New Evid
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 are well …
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€50.63
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Climate Security in South Asia
The South Asia region presents a confluence of major climate impacts and key security issues. From a weather and climate standpoint, the region experiences a wide range of hazards, such as the recent …
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€21.51
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Energy and Environmental Systems: Pathways to an Equitable and Just Energy Transition
While technologies are clearly instrumental in transitioning away from fossil fuel-based energy and toward a decarbonized economy, decisions about which technologies are prioritized, how they are …
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€15.18
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Committee on International Security and Arms Control: Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
The assessment of risk is complex and often controversial. It is derived from the existence of a hazard, and it is characterized by the uncertainty of possible undesirable events and their outcomes. …
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€29.10
Board on Energy and Environmental Systems & Committee on Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States: Laying the Foundation for New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in the United States
The world confronts an existential challenge in responding to climate change, resulting in an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy. What will it take for new …
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€41.79
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Board on Life Sciences: Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information Science
The field of quantum information science (QIS) has witnessed a dramatic rise in scientific research activities in the 21st century as excitement has grown about its potential to revolutionize …
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€41.79
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Review of EPA’s 2022 Draft Formaldehyde Assessment: Review of EPA’s 2022 Draft Formaldehyde Assessment
Formaldehyde is widely present in the environment and is one of the highest production chemicals by volume, used in manufactured goods including wood products, permanent press fabrics, and household …
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€31.66
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics & Committee on International Security and Arms Control: Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism
The Committee on Risk Analysis Methods for Nuclear War and Nuclear Terrorism was established and managed by the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering in response to a …
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€18.99
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Committee on Electric Arc Furnace Slag: Understanding Human Health Risks from Unencapsulated Uses: Health Risk Considerations for the Use of Unencapsulated Steel Slag
The predominant way of making steel in the United Sates is by using an electric arc furnace (EAF) to melt scrap steel, which results in the formation of a rock-like material called slag. Among its …
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€36.72
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle: Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle
Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia …
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€101.34
Committee on Evaluation of Hydrodynamic Modeling and Implications for Offshore Wind Development: Nantucket Shoals & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Potential Hydrodynamic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Nantucket Shoals Regional Ecology
The transition to renewable energy has spurred many efforts to scale up the U.S. portfolio of efficient clean energy resources, including the development of offshore wind farms. The Nantucket Shoals …
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€26.59
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Board on Environmental Change and Society: Climate Security in Central America
To advance a systems understanding of climate-related security risks in the Central America region, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop titled Climate …
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€24.05
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Committee on Future Directions for Southern Ocean and Antarctic Nearshore and Coastal Research: Future Directions for Southern Ocean and Antarctic Nearshore and Coastal Research
Antarctica hosts some of the harshest and most remote environments on Earth – and it is a region of vital importance for scientific research. The environment and position of Antarctica on the globe …
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€36.70
Committee on Assessing Equity in the Distribution of Fisheries Management Benefits: Data and Information Availability & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Assessing Equity in the Distribution of Fisheries Management Benefits
Fisheries are essential to the global economy and feed billions around the world; they, support individuals and communities, and sustain cultural heritages and livelihoods. Although U.S. fisheries …
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€24.95
