Bøker utgitt av National Academies Press

"The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation held a workshop in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2008"--p. 2.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. This title explains the statement of task and summarizes the findings of the committee.

In considering how to implement provisions of the Clean Water Act to strengthen nutrient reduction objectives across the Mississippi River basin, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested advice from the National Research Council. This book presents the results of the committee's investigations and deliberations.

"The Small Business Administration issued a policy directive in 2002, the effect of which has been to exclude innovative small firms in which venture capital firms have a controlling interest from the SBIR program. This book seeks to illuminate the consequences of the SBA ruling excluding majority-owned venture capital firms from participation in SBIR projects."--Publisher's description.

In October 2007, the US National Academies and the Iranian Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Science organized a series of planned US-Iranian workshops on the topic 'Science as a Gateway to Understanding'. This book includes papers that were presented at the workshop and summaries of the discussions that followed some of the presentations.

Maintaining the capabilities of the nuclear weapons stockpile and performing the annual assessment for the stockpile's certification involves a wide range of processes, technologies, and expertise. This book evaluates how the national security labs were using quantification of margins and uncertainties (QMU).