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Examines the aircraft environmental control systems, the sources of chemical and biological contaminants in aircraft cabins, and the toxicity and health effects associated with these contaminants. This book provides some recommendations for potential approaches for improving cabin air quality and a surveillance and research program.

Researchers, historians, and philosophers of science have debated the nature of scientific research in education for more than 100 years. This book describes the similarities and differences between scientific inquiry in education and scientific inquiry in other fields and disciplines and provides a number of examples to illustrate these ideas.

Examines approaches to protecting children and teens from internet pornography, threats from sexual predators operating on-line, and other inappropriate material on the internet. This book discusses strategies, tools, and options for how to teach children to make safe and appropriate decisions about what they see and experience on the internet.

Provides a contemporary snapshot of technologies, strategies, and policies for improving our communications and information infrastructure. This book explores the potential benefits of broadband, existing and projected demand, progress and failures in deployment, competition in the broadband industry, and costs and who pays them.

Explains what it means to be a technologically-literate citizen. Including three case studies, this book highlights specific issues of concern such as: the state of technological studies in K-12 schools; the reach of the Internet into our homes and lives; and the crucial role of technology in economy and workforce.

Discusses concepts that undergird community life and offers recommendations for collaborative planning across space and time. This book explores livability as an ensemble concept, embracing notions such as quality of place and sustainability. It examines how to translate broad ideas about livability into guidelines for policymaking.

Addressing major controversies, this book includes a detailed look at how significantly cancer could be reduced through lifestyle changes, evaluating approaches used to alter eating, smoking, and exercise habits. It is of interest to policy analysts, cancer and public health specialists, health care administrators and providers, and researchers.

Covers the engineering practices and standards for coal waste impoundments and ways to evaluate, improve, and monitor them; the accuracy of mine maps and ways to improve surveying and mapping of mines; and alternative technologies for coal slurry disposal and utilization.

How pervasive is sex segregation in the workplace? Does the concentration of women into a few professions reflect their personal preferences, the "tastes" of employers, or sex-role socialization? This volume raises the important policy and research questions. It is aimed at policymakers, researchers, personnel directors, union leaders, and others.

The Space Station Freedom program is a major US manned space initiative. This book summarizes the findings and recommendations of a workshop that examined the space station program with a view toward identifying engineering issues related to the design and operation of the station.

Examines the structure of energy system from several perspectives. This book explores the changing patterns of supply and demand, offers insights into the forces that are driving the changes, and discusses energy planning strategies that take advantage of such insights.

Reports on the state of the new biology, taking a look at the disciplines of biology. This volume examines the advances made in medicine, agriculture, and other fields. It serves as a useful resource for students, teachers, and researchers in subdisciplines of biology as well as for research administrators and those in funding agencies.

Studies both sides of the engineering equation, education and utilization. This volume presents a discussion of the development of engineering in the United States followed by an examination of the status of engineering. It looks at the strengths and weaknesses of engineering and evaluates trends in the composition of the engineering work force.

Written by scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack. It also includes an overview of the potential environmental and physical effects of nuclear bombardment, and describes the problems of choosing who among the injured would get the scarce medical care available.

Examines various aspects of for-profit health care in the United States, including the quality and availability of health care, the cost of medical care, access to financial capital, and more. This book also covers topics from trends in the growth of investor-owned hospital companies to the ethical issues in for-profit health care.

Explaining dietary habits, this volume examines the impact of fast-food proliferation and the changing role of women as it affects dietary behavior, and analyzes the nutritional consequences of national dietary trends. It focuses on the factors that shape eating patterns, eating trends such as snacking and food variety, nutrition policy, and more.

Describes and evaluates models of human performance and their use in the design and evaluation of human-technology systems. This book focuses on the modeling of system operators who perform supervisory and manual control tasks. It describes information processing, control theory, task network, and knowledge-based models.

Assesses the problems relating to petroleum-derived hydrocarbons in the marine environment. This book examines the inputs, analytical methods, fates, and effects of petroleum in the marine environment. It reflects the scientific effort put forth in determining the effects of petroleum on marine organisms.

Focuses specifically on middle childhood - a discrete, pivotal period of development. This work examines the physical health and cognitive development of 6- to 12-year-old children as well as their surroundings: school and home environment, ecocultural setting, and family and peer relationships.