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  • A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of Nasa's Exploration Technology Development Program by National Research Council
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    A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of Nasa's Exploration Technology Development Program

    In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), which instructed NASA to "Extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by the year 2020, in preparation for human exploration of Mars...
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  • A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas by National Research Council
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    A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas

    Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position in the global economy is declining, in part because U.S. workers lack fundamental knowledge...
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  • Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics by National Research Council
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    Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

    Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years. The committee identifies five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency and describes how students...
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  • America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I by National Research Council
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    America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences: Volume I

    The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more realistic, sociocultural view of the world. The United States is,...
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  • An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients by National Research Council
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    An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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  • Architectural Fabric Structures: The Use of Tensioned Fabric Structures by Federal Agencies by National Research Council
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    Architectural Fabric Structures: The Use of Tensioned Fabric Structures by Federal Agencies

    This reprint of the 1985 architectural classic discusses a technology that offers an important alternative to conventional construction, having unique properties that make it useful for certain applications. Due to improvements in materials, structural analysis, and environmental control, these structures can often be considered...
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  • Biobased Industrial Products: Priorities for Research and Commercialization by National Research Council
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    Biobased Industrial Products: Priorities for Research and Commercialization

    Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comeback?because of a threefold increase in farm productivity and new technologies. Biobased Industrial Products envisions a biobased industrial future, where starch will be used to make...
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  • Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World by National Research Council
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    Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

    Virtually all of the growth in the world's population for the foreseeable future will take place in the cities and towns of the developing world. Over the next twenty years, most developing countries will for the first time become more urban than rural. The...
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  • Confronting the Nation's Water Problems: The Role of Research by National Research Council
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    Confronting the Nation's Water Problems: The Role of Research

    In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20...
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  • Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century by National Research Council
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    Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century

    Advances made by physicists in understanding matter, space, and time and by astronomers in understanding the universe as a whole have closely intertwined the question being asked about the universe at its two extremes?the very large and the very small. This report identifies 11...
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  • Drilling Thru The Earth's Crust: A Study Of The Desirability And Feasibility Of Drilling A Hole To The Mohorovicic Discontinuity by National Research Council
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    Drilling Thru The Earth's Crust: A Study Of The Desirability And Feasibility Of Drilling A Hole To The Mohorovicic Discontinuity

    Author: National Research CouncilISBN-10: 125831648XISBN-13: 9781258316488Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2012Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.05d
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  • Educating Children with Autism by National Research Council
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    Educating Children with Autism

    Autism is a word most of us are familiar with. But do we really know what it means? Children with autism are challenged by the most essential human behaviors. They have difficulty interacting with other people--often failing to see people as people rather than...
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  • Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century by National Research Council
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    Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

    Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today, in the face of economic, environmental, and social challenges. Today's children can meet future...
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  • Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science by National Research Council
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    Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science

    The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research. The growing scale of science has been accompanied by a shift toward collaborative research, referred to as "team science." Scientific research is increasingly conducted by small teams and...
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  • From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development by National Research Council
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    From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development

    How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development--in the womb and in the first months...
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  • Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection by National Research Council
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    Fulfilling the Potential of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

    Cancer ranks second only to heart disease as a leading cause of death in the United States, making it a tremendous burden in years of life lost, patient suffering, and economic costs. Fulfilling the Potential for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection reviews the proof...
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  • Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America by National Research Council
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    Governance and Opportunity in Metropolitan America

    America's cities have symbolized the nation's prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the trend toward suburbanization, many central cities attract substantial new investment and employment. Within this profile of health, however, many urban areas are beset by problems of economic disparity, physical deterioration, and...
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  • Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by National Research Council
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    Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

    A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific...
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  • How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition by National Research Council
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    How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition

    First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes...
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  • How Students Learn: History in the Classroom by National Research Council
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    How Students Learn: History in the Classroom

    How Students Learn: History in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to revitalize their work in the classroom for even greater effectiveness. The book...
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  • Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation by National Research Council
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    Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation

    This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed 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. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations,...
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  • Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer: A Non-Technical Summary by National Research Council
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    Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer: A Non-Technical Summary

    Author: National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Institute of MedicineISBN-10: 0309075505ISBN-13: 9780309075503Publisher: National Academies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2001Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.80h x 6.60w x 0.10d
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  • Mining in the Outer Continental Shelf and in the Deep Ocean by National Research Council
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    Mining in the Outer Continental Shelf and in the Deep Ocean

    As the worldwide demands for basic minerals increase and some resources on land show signs of rapid decrease, it is inevitable that the search for new sources will extend to the oceans - the largely unexplored 71 percent of the planet's surface. Of great...
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  • Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 Stem Education: A Nation Advancing? by National Research Council
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    Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 Stem Education: A Nation Advancing?

    Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Congress asked the National Science Foundation to identify methods for tracking progress toward the report's recommendations. In response, the NRC convened the Committee...
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  • Mount Rainier Active Cascade Volcano by National Research Council
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    Mount Rainier Active Cascade Volcano

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...
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  • Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems by National Research Council
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    Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems

    Author: National Research CouncilISBN-10: 0894991876ISBN-13: 9780894991875Publisher: Books for BusinessLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2002Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d
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  • New Strategies for America's Watersheds by National Research Council
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    New Strategies for America's Watersheds

    Emergence of a toxic organism like pfisteria in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has focused public attention on potential hazards in our water. More importantly, it has reminded us of the importance of the entire watershed to the health of any body of water...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats

    Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats

    Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Horses: Sixth Revised Edition by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Horses: Sixth Revised Edition

    Proper formulation of diets for horses depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. These requirements depend on the breed and age of the horse and whether it is exercising, pregnant, or lactating. A great deal of new information has been accumulated since the...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Horses: Sixth Revised Edition by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Horses: Sixth Revised Edition

    Proper formulation of diets for horses depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. These requirements depend on the breed and age of the horse and whether it is exercising, pregnant, or lactating. A great deal of new information has been accumulated since the...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals,: Fourth Revised Edition, 1995 by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals,: Fourth Revised Edition, 1995

    In the years since the third edition of this indispensable reference was published, a great deal has been learned about the nutritional requirements of common laboratory species: rat, mouse, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil, and vole. The Fourth Revised Edition presents the current expert understanding...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates: Second Revised Edition

    This new release presents the wealth of information gleaned about nonhuman primates nutrition since the previous edition was published in 1978. With expanded coverage of natural dietary habits, gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology, and the nutrient needs of species that have been difficult to maintain...
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  • Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids, and New World Camelids by National Research Council
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    Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids, and New World Camelids

    Updating two previous National Research Council publications, Nutrient Requirements of Sheep, Sixth Revised Edition, 1985, and Nutrient Requirements of Goats, First Edition, 1981, this new book provides an evaluation of the scientific literature on the nutrient requirements of small ruminants in all stages of...
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  • On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy by National Research Council
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    On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy

    What mathematics should be learned by today's young people as well as tomorrow's workforce? On the Shoulders of Giants is a vision of richness of mathematics expressed in essays on change, dimension, quantity, shape, and uncertainty, each of which illustrate fundamental strands for school...
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  • Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science by National Research Council
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    Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science

    High-field magnets?those that operate at the limits of the mechanical and/or electromagnetic properties of their structural materials?are used as research tools in a variety of scientific disciplines. The study of high magnetic fields themselves is also important in many areas such as astrophysics. Because...
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  • Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications by National Research Council
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    Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications

    This book provides a brief overview of worldwide terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques, primarily developed by the military, have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. The volume recommends that a program of...
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  • Protecting People and Buildings from Terrorism: Technology Transfer for Blast-Effects Mitigation by National Research Council
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    Protecting People and Buildings from Terrorism: Technology Transfer for Blast-Effects Mitigation

    Concerned with the vulnerability of U.S. civilian and military personnel to terrorist bombing attacks, the U.S. Congress directed the Department of Defense to undertake a comprehensive research and testing program aimed at protecting people in buildings from such attacks. The Blast Mitigation for Structures...
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  • Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, Updated Version by National Research Council
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    Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, Updated Version

    Prudent Practices in the Laboratory--the book that has served for decades as the standard for chemical laboratory safety practice--now features updates and new topics. This revised edition has an expanded chapter on chemical management and delves into new areas, such as nanotechnology, laboratory security,...
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  • Psychology For The Fighting Man Hardcover by National Research Council
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    Psychology For The Fighting Man Hardcover

    This work attempted to fill the need for a presentation of real, modern, scientific psychology so that it could be understood by the average American enlisted man during World War II. It was intended so that every soldier who reads it should understand and...
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  • Psychology for the Fighting Man: What You Should Know About Yourself and Others by National Research Council
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    Psychology for the Fighting Man: What You Should Know About Yourself and Others

    2019 Reprint of 1943 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. This work attempted to fill the need for a presentation of real, modern, scientific psychology so that it could be understood by the average American enlisted man...
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  • Review of the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap by National Research Council
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    Review of the Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap

    Author: National Research CouncilISBN-10: 0309530431ISBN-13: 9780309530439Publisher: National Academy PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/12/2015Pages: 85Format: Hardcover
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  • Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats by National Research Council
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    Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats

    Growing numbers of pet owners are giving their pets dietary supplements in hopes of supporting their health. Many people presume that supplements are safer than drugs, but the reality is that there are very limited safety data on dietary supplements for pets. Many challenges...
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  • Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward by National Research Council
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    Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward

    Author: National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Committee on Applied and Theoretical StaISBN-10: 0309131308ISBN-13: 9780309131308Publisher: National Academies PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2009Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.03h x 6.13w x 0.60d
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  • Successful Stem Education: A Workshop Summary by National Research Council
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    Successful Stem Education: A Workshop Summary

    What students learn about the science disciplines, technology, engineering, and mathematics during their K-12 schooling shapes their intellectual development, opportunities for future study and work, and choices of career, as well as their capacity to make informed decisions about political and civic issues and...
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  • Technology Development for Army Unmanned Ground Vehicles by National Research Council
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    Technology Development for Army Unmanned Ground Vehicles

    Unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are expected to play a key role in the Army's Objective Force structure. These UGVs would be used for weapons platforms, logistics carriers, and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition among other things. To examine aspects of the Army's UGV program,...
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  • The Drama of the Commons by National Research Council
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    The Drama of the Commons

    The "tragedy of the commons" is a central concept in human ecology and the study of the environment. It has had tremendous value for stimulating research, but it only describes the reality of human-environment interactions in special situations. Research over the past thirty years...
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  • The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs by National Research Council
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    The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

    The Society Security disability program faces urgent challenges: more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disability is now understood as a dynamic process, and Social...
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  • The Water Buffalo: New Prospects for an Underutilized Animal by National Research Council
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    The Water Buffalo: New Prospects for an Underutilized Animal

    Author: National Research CouncilISBN-10: 0894991930ISBN-13: 9780894991936Publisher: Books for BusinessLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2002Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d
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  • Uncommon Measures: Equivalence and Linkage Among Educational Tests by National Research Council
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    Uncommon Measures: Equivalence and Linkage Among Educational Tests

    The issues surrounding the comparability of various tests used to assess performance in schools received broad public attention during congressional debate over the Voluntary National Tests proposed by President Clinton in his 1997 State of the Union Address. Proponents of Voluntary National Tests argue...
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