Books by National Research Council

In response to the rising concern of the American public over illegal bombings, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asked the National Research Council to examine mechanisms for reducing this threat. The committee examined four approaches to reducing the bombing threat. This book makes recommendations to reduce criminal bombings.

Reviews the performance 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 method of allocating access to fisheries to eligible communities with the intent of promoting social and economic conditions through participation in fishing-related activities.

Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. This book surveys their applications, as well as the status of the optics industry and of research and education in optics, and identifies actions that could enhance the field's contributions to society and facilitate its technical development.

Examines the space-based research across the Atlantic. This book, prepared jointly with the European Space Science Committee focuses on a set of 13 US-Europe missions that illustrate "lessons learned" on the evolution of the cooperation, mission planning and scheduling, international agreements, cost-sharing, management, and scientific output.

Provides a strategy to address the technical needs and priorities associated with the US Air Force's aging airframe structures. This book includes a summary of the structural status of the aging force, identification of technical issues and research recommendations.

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 ethical, organizational, and policy issues surrounding such research. This book discusses the potential uses of such collection.

What factors are responsible for the sharp decline in fertility? This volume contains papers that explore the theoretical, methodological, and empirical dimensions of the fertility-mortality relationship. It includes several case studies based on the data from developing countries and on historical data from Europe and the United States.

Provides an overview of the technologies and practices under precision agriculture, exploring the implications of their adoption by farmers and agricultural managers. This volume discusses how precision agriculture could affect decisionmaking in irrigation, crop selection, pest management, environmental issues, and pricing and market conditions.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing advanced technologies to form the foundation for the breakthrough in civil aviation. This book examines aircraft design requirements, assesses the program's planning and progress, and recommends changes that helps the program achieve its overall objectives.

This volume explores both entertainment and military applications of modelling and simulation technologies and examines the ways in which the two communities can better leverage each other's capabilities to strengthen the overall technology base.

The reduction of the fire hazard of fuel is critical to improving survivability in impact-survivable aircraft accidents. This title reviews the state of development, technological needs, and promising technology for the future development of aviation fuels that are most resistant to ignition during a crash.

Determining the health risks to humans of exposure to toxic substances in the environment is made difficult by problems such as measuring the degree to which people have been exposed and determining causation. This volume describes effective epidemiological methods for analyzing data and focuses on errors that may occur in the course of analyses.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened by the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council in May 2013.

Assesses and provides recommendations regarding the need for revised, refocused, and newly developed indicators of STI activities that would enable National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) to respond to changing policy concerns.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened by the Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies' National Research Council in September 2013 to enhance Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD) prototyping for the new defense strategy.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. This title evaluates critical scientific issues in assessing cancer and noncancer effects of oral exposure to inorganic arsenic.

Summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility.

Presents the summary of a 2013 conference convened by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine of the National Research Council to discuss the current status of women of color in academia.