Bøker av National Research Council

Presents a discussion of principles governing biomaterial design, a description of advanced materials for selected functions such as energy and national security, an assessment of biomolecular materials research tools, and an examination of infrastructure and resources for bridging biological and materials science.

Offers a picture of what we know about teaching and learning science from kindergarten through eighth grade. By looking at a range of questions, this book provides a basic foundation for guiding science teaching and supporting students in their learning. It is helpful for those involved in K-8 science education.

From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor - Lost in Transition: An American Society of Clinical Oncology and Institute of Medicine Symposium (2006)

A way to assess the impact of ocean noise on marine animals, is to consider whether it causes behavioural changes that affect an animal's ability to grow, survive, and reproduce. This book offers a conceptual model designed to clarify which marine mammal behaviours are biologically significant for conservation purposes.

Explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. This work presents principles for designing, and examples to illustrate the principles. It also explores implications for policy, practice, and research.

Characterizes disaster management providing a framework for considering the range and nature of information and communication needs. This book presents a vision of the potential for IT to improve disaster management. It provides an analysis of structural, organizational, and other non-technical barriers to the acquisition of IT in disaster.

A set of practical guidelines for handling and disposing of biohazardous material. This volume provides the information needed for immediate improvement of safety practices. It discusses high and low-risk biological agents, presents the "seven basic rules of biosafety," and addresses issues such as the shipping of dangerous materials.

Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. This book focuses on the human dimension of terror campaigns and also on improving the ability to predict these activities using collected and interpreted data from a variety of sources. It summarizes two workshops held in 2008.

In this volume, practical questions that confront every science teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

Examines how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countries, and what the implications of these changes might be for those responsible for designing youth policies and programs, in particular, those affecting adolescent reproductive health.

Covers several measurement and analytical issues in technical detail, including: range restriction adjustments, methods for evaluating multiple sources of error in measurement, comparing alternative measures of performance, and strategies for clustering military occupations.

Deals with coastal development and protection. This book assesses coastal data needs, instrumentation, and analyses, and recommends areas in which more information or better instrumentation is needed.

Reviews literature on adaptive management and notes that a range of adaptive management practices present themselves for Corps projects. This book recommends that a Corps Center for Adaptive Management be established. It notes that greater involvement from the administration and Congress is essential to successful adaptive management applications.

Lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. There have been significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for the region of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon. The GOALS program plans to capitalize on this progress.

In this volume, practical questions that confront every history teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

Evaluates the state of knowledge about adverse aircraft-pilot coupling (APC) and processes that may be used to eliminate it from military and commercial aircraft. This book is useful for technical, government, and administrative decisionmakers and their technical and administrative support staffs.

This text identifies the key opportunities and challenges for the chemical sciences, from basic research to societal needs and from terrorism defence to environmental protection, and it looks at the ways in which chemists and chemical engineers can work together to contribute to an improved future.

Addresses a central dilemma of risk decision making in a democracy: scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists. This volume also explores how risk characterization should inform decision makers and the public.

Identifies the major challenges facing various systems of governance for resource management. This book reviews the evidence from several disciplines and many lines of research and presents an assessment.

Examines the development of the tourist submarines industry around the world and explores the problems involved with strengthening the Coast Guard's capability of providing the oversight and expertise needed to certify and inspect tourist submersibles. This book identifies the needs for system redundancy, hazards analysis, and quality control.

Provides a survey of the "Lattice Boltzmann equation" (LBE) theory and its major applications. Suitable for scientists dealing with complex system dynamics, this book also portrays future developments in allied areas of science, such as material science, biology and others, where fluid motion plays a distinguished role.

The Department of Defense asked the National Research Council to examine lessons learned from rapid technology applications by integrated design and manufacturing groups. This report presents the results of that study, which was based on a workshop held to explore these successful cases.

The neem tree, one of the most promising of all plants, may eventually benefit every person on the planet. Probably no other plant yields as many varied products or has as many exploitable by-products. This book aims to marshal the various facts about this species, to help illuminate its future promise, and to speed realization of its potential.

Describes critical environmental issues that face coastal ocean and Great Lakes areas, including eutrophication, habitat modification, hydrologic and hydrodynamic disruption, exploitation of resources, toxic effects on ecosystems and humans, introduction of nonindigenous species, climate change and variability, and shoreline erosion and storms.