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      Weather And Climate Modification Problems And Prospects

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      Weather And Climate Modification Problems And Prospects

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      Conserving Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for Development Agencies

      Panel on Biodiversity Research Priorities,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents an agenda for research that aims to provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. This book includes discussions of research needs in the…

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      Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods

      Panel on the Applications of Biotechnology to Traditional Fermented Foods,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs

      In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste of an otherwise bland food, enhance the digestibility of a food that is difficult to assimilate, preserve…

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      The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials

      Panel on Handling Missing Data in Clinical Trials,National Research Council

      Randomized clinical trials are the primary tool for evaluating new medical interventions. Randomization provides for a fair comparison between treatment and control groups, balancing out, on average, distributions of known…

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      Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World’s Population

      Panel on Population Projections,Committee on Population,National Research Council

      Focusing on fertility as one key to accurate projections, this book examines the transition from high, constant fertility to low fertility levels and discusses whether developing countries eventually attain the…

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      Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion

      Panel on Vetiver,Board on Science & Technology for International Development,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale. This…

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      Organizational Linkages: Understanding the Productivity Paradox

      Panel on Organizational Linkages,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines how to translate workers’ productivity increases into gains for the organization, and discusses why huge investments in automation and other innovations have failed to boost productivity. This book examines…

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      Measuring Racial Discrimination

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination

      Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination. This book considers the definition of race and…

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      Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets

      In the fall of 2010, the Office of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Secretary for Science asked for a National Research Council (NRC) committee to investigate the prospects for…

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      Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate

      Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support,National Research Council

      Everyone–government agencies, private organizations, and individuals–is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. State and local…

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      Social Impact of AIDS in the United States

      Panel on Monitoring the Social Impact of the AIDS Epidemic,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses issues in the public debate over AIDS. This book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions. It is helpful to anyone concerned about…

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      Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

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      Contains information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato’s lead and become important contributors to the world’s food supply. This work includes color photographs…

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      Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium: Panel Reports

      Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      Humanity has always looked at the heavens in fascination, but we now have the tools to make precise observations. We have begun to seek answers to profound questions about the…

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      Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel to Study the Design of Nonmarket Accounts

      The national income and product accounts that underlie gross domestic product (GDP), together with other key economic data?price and employment statistics? are widely used as indicators of how well the…

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      Preventing HIV Transmission: The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach

      Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

      Including knowledge about the epidemiologies of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use, this book talks about the characteristics of needle exchange and bleach distribution programs. It also presents views on those…

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      Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior

      Few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and…

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      Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America’s Future

      Panel on Measuring Business Formation, Dynamics, and Performance,National Research Council

      Presents strategies for improving the accuracy, timeliness, coverage, and integration of data that are used in constructing aggregate economic statistics. This book also presents analysis of topics ranging from job…

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      Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

      Panel on Urban Population Dynamics

      The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of transformation present many challenges. Drawing from a variety of data sources, this work explores the implications…

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      Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys

      The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the rates at which Americans are victims of crimes, including rape and sexual assault, but there is concern…

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      Terrorism: Perspectives from the Behavioral and Social Sciences

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Social and Economic Studies,Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism,Panel on Behavioral, Social, and Institutional Issues

      The events and aftermath of September 11, 2001, profoundly changed the course of history of the nation. They also brought the phenomenon known as terrorism to the forefront of the…

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      Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure

      Panel to Review U.S Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure (2006)

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