Books by National Research Council

Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Is the Mars architecture reflective of the strategies, priorities, and guidelines put forward by the National Research Council's solar system exploration decadal survey and related science strategies and NASA plans? and Does the Mars architecture represent a reasonably balanced mission portfolio? This title deals with these questions.

Biomonitoring - a method for measuring amounts of toxic chemicals in human tissues is a tool for studying harmful environmental chemicals. This book provides a framework for improving the use of biomonitoring data including developing and using biomarkers (measures of exposure), research to improve the interpretation of data, and more.

As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that National Research Council assess opportunities in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science and technology. This book discusses both the roles and challenges for AMO science in instrumentation.

Presents a discussion of radiation risks for the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE). This workshop report also gives an assessment of specifying and predicting the space radiation environment, an analysis of operational strategies for space weather support, and a summary and conclusions of the workshop.

The National Weather Service can take a leading role in the transition to widespread, effective incorporation of uncertainty information into predictions. This book makes recommendations to the National Weather Service and the broader prediction community on how to make this transition.

ICT Fluency and High Schools: A Workshop Summary

Presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and strategies for enhancing our understanding of organic material in the solar system.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirements. This book offers preliminary principles and guidelines that NOAA and its partners can use to plan specific archiving strategies for the data streams they collect.

Provides a path by which useful DRS systems can be applied to naval USW problems, and by which ongoing science and technology efforts can be directed toward useful options. This report contains information as described in 5 USC 552(b).

Consists of an executive summary that presents an assessment of the transformation of naval forces for addressing the global war on terrorism (GWOT). This report provides a description of the defense-in-depth framework; and a list of findings and recommendations.

Social science research conducted since the late 1970s has contributed to society's ability to adapt to various types of disasters. But more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events affect societal response. This book includes more than 30 recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.

To explore the scientific rationale for the distributed array of small instruments (DASI), the infrastructure needed to support and make use of such arrays, and proposals for a deployment implementation plan, the NRC held a workshop. This report gives a summary of that workshop focusing on the science and instruments, and on infrastructure issues.

Explores specific programmatic, organizational, and personnel reforms that would increase the effective use of science and technology to meet the US Agency for International Development's goals while supporting larger US foreign policy objectives.

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

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) was charged with planning and conducting a workshop to study test strategies for the evolutionary acquisition. This book provides the conclusions and recommendations of the CNSTAT following the workshop and its other investigations.

Most people associate fluoride with the practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water supplies for the prevention of tooth decay. However, fluoride can also enter public water systems from natural sources. This book reviews research on various health effects from exposure to fluoride, including studies conducted over the past several years.

Identifies the problems encountered in the transportation of research animals and offers recommendations aimed at local and federal officials to rectify these problems. This book also includes a set of good practices based on the literature on transportation of agricultural animals, universal concepts of physiology, and more.

Contains the proceedings of a workshop held in June 2005 to investigate methods used to evaluate funding of the biomedical scientists by philanthropic and public funders.

Recommends 13 actions that policy-makers, courts, universities, and health and patent officials should take to prevent the complex web of IP protections from getting in the way of potential breakthroughs in genomic and proteomic research. This report urges patent holders to allow others to perform the tests for purposes of verifying the results.

Identifies different approaches to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines based on a greater understanding of how the human immune system interacts with both good and bad microbes. This report concludes that the development of a single superdrug to fight all infectious agents is unrealistic.

Presents details of the story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. This book describes the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement.

The National Research Council conducted an independent study to weigh the collective evidence for fishery-induced changes to marine ecosystems and the implications of the findings for US fisheries management. This book provides comprehensive information in regard to these findings.

Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management (2005)