Books by National Research Council

Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. This report discusses a variety of steps that are involved in planning and managing the use of CCRs as minefills, including an integrated process of CCR characterization and site characterization.

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology's request, the National Research Council (NRC) carries out a biennial assessment of the seven Measurements and Standards Laboratories (MSL). This report presents an overall assessment of the MSL followed by detailed assessments of each of the seven laboratories.

Policy makers need information about the nation which comes from research based on data. The risk of expanded access to potentially sensitive data is the increased probability of breaching the confidentiality of the data and, eroding public confidence in the data collection enterprise. This book issues guidance on how to exploit these tradeoffs.

Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities for Research and Technological Innovation (2006)

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Exploration of Space: A Review of NASA's Bioastronautics Roadmap (2006)

The US and Russian academies convened a workshop in 2003 for sharing best practices in nuclear materials protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A), including the status and application of remote monitoring technologies, personnel issues, and both national and international safeguards worldwide.

Explores how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countries in light of globalization and what the implications of these changes might be for those responsible for designing youth policies and programs. This volume is of interest to scholars, leaders of civil society, and those charged with designing youth policies and programs.

Offers the consensus findings and recommendations of a joint committee established by the US National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences to identify methods of improving the ongoing cooperation between the two nations in this area.

To assist NASA, NOAA, and the USGS develop the tools required to understand the changes in the planet Earth, a survey of Earth science and applications from space was carried out. This report outlines a key element of the study - the rationale for tying Earth observations to societal need - and identifies actions needed to achieve this goal.

In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), this book explores the ideas and tools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level. It provides an examination of K-12 science assessment looking specifically at what should be measured and how to measure it.

Metrics - a system of measurement that includes the item being measured, the unit of measurement, and the value of the unit - offers a tool for measuring climate research and improving program performance. This report lays out a framework for creating and implementing metrics for the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP).

The Space Studies Board requested the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, to examine ways to augment and integrate astronomy and astrophysics into the Astrobiology program. This report presents the results of that study and provides a review of the earlier report and an examination of the elements of the astrobiology program.

Small Business Act of 1953 created the Small Business Administration (SBA), an independent agency in the executive branch that counsels and assists specific types of small businesses including firms owned by minorities and other socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and firms owned by women. This title deals with this topic.

In 2001, the National Research Council completed a congressionally mandated assessment of the benefits and costs of DOE's fossil energy and energy efficiency R&D programs, Energy Research at DOE: Was It Worth It? The first phase of the project - development of the methodology - began in December 2003. This report presents the results of phase one.

Focuses on survivors of adult cancer during the phase of care that follows primary treatment. This book aims to raise the awareness of the medical, functional, and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its treatment. It defines quality health care for cancer survivors and identifies strategies to achieve it.

Provides an assessment of NIH's programs for increasing the participation in biomedical science of individuals from under-represented minority groups. This report examines, using data and the results of a survey of NIH trainees, the characteristics and outcomes of programs at the undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral, and junior faculty levels.

Based on a workshop held in February 2005 that brought together a broad cross section of disciplines and organizations in the chemical industry, this report identifies a set of overarching grand challenges for sustainability research in chemistry and chemical engineering to assist the chemical industry in defining a sustainability agenda.

Community colleges play an important role in starting students on the road to engineering careers, but students often face obstacles in transferring to four-year educational institutions to continue their education. This book discusses ways to improve the transfer experience for students at community colleges.

The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems. This report finds that a watershed-based approach is needed to effectively meet water quality standards throughout the region in a cost-effective manner. It outlines both technical and institutional alternatives for such an approach.

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened a workshop on June 15-16, 2004, to review federal research on alternative methods for measuring poverty.

Presents a summary of workshop participants; and presentations and subsequent discussion. This report covers, among other things, the strengths and limitations of process; challenges and opportunities; experience to date; organization context; and cost-effectiveness of software engineering techniques.

Summarizes a conference organized to bring the lessons of the Academy's analysis of Government-Industry Partnerships to bear on the war on terror. This book contributes to an understanding of the potential of partnerships to bring security-enhancing technologies and equipment to the market.

Talks about the project designed to answer questions of program operation and effectiveness, including the quality of the research projects being conducted under the SBIR program, the commercialization of the research, and the program's contribution to accomplishing agency missions. This report describes the proposed methodology for the project.

"This project was supported by Contract No. IHP-03-093 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game"--T.p. verso.