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New York's Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium
ISBN: 9780309293174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. New York's Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy is the summary of a 2013 symposium convened by the National Research Council Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy and members of the Nano Consortium that drew state officials and staff, business leaders, and leading national figures in early-stage finance, technology, engineering, education, and state and federal policies to review challenges, plans, and opportunities for innovation-led growth in New York. The symposium participants assessed New York's academic, industrial, and human resources, identified... New York's Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy is the summary of a 2013 symposium convened by the National Research Counci... |
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216,30 zł |
Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program
ISBN: 9780309096591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and its predecessor U.S. Global Change Research Program have sponsored climate research and observations for nearly 15 years, yet the overall progress of the program has not been measured systematically. Metricsa "a system of measurement that includes the item being measured, the unit of measurement, and the value of the unita "offer a tool for measuring such progress; improving program performance; and demonstrating program successes to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, and the public. This report lays out a framework for creating and... The Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) and its predecessor U.S. Global Change Research Program have sponsored climate research and observations ... |
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232,52 zł |
Defense Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis: Meeting the Challenge
ISBN: 9780309103039 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) is a crucial tool for military affairs. MS&A is one of the announced pillars of a strategy for transforming the U.S. military. Yet changes in the enterprise of MS&A have not kept pace with the new demands arising from rapid changes in DOD processes and missions or with the rapid changes in the technology available to meet those demands. To help address those concerns, DOD asked the NRC to identify shortcomings in current practice of MS&A and suggest where and how they should be resolved. This report provides an assessment of the changing mission of... Modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) is a crucial tool for military affairs. MS&A is one of the announced pillars of a strategy for transformi... |
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162,23 zł |
enhancing food safety: the role of the food and drug administration
ISBN: 9780309152730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and preventing foodborne diseases. Although it is not solely responsible for ensuring the safety of the nation's food supply, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees monitoring and intervention for 80 percent of the food supply. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abilities to discover potential threats to food safety and prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness are hampered by impediments to efficient use of its limited resources and... Recent outbreaks of illnesses traced to contaminated sprouts and lettuce illustrate the holes that exist in the system for monitoring problems and ... |
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351,49 zł |
Calculating the Secrets of Life: Applications of the Mathematical Sciences in Molecular Biology
ISBN: 9780309075022 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As researchers have pursued biology's secrets to the molecular level, mathematical and computer sciences have played an increasingly important role--in genome mapping, population genetics, and even the controversial search for "Eve," hypothetical mother of the human race. As researchers have pursued biology's secrets to the molecular level, mathematical and computer sciences have played an increasingly important role... |
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351,49 zł |
Understanding American Agriculture: Challenges for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
ISBN: 9780309110921 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is the federal government's primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, and resource use on farms, as well as the economic well-being of America's farm households. ARMS data are important to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and to congressional, administration, and industry decision makers when they must weigh alternative policies and programs that touch the farm sector or affect farm families. ARMS is unique in several respects. As a multiple-purpose survey with an agricultural... The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is the federal government's primary source of information on the financial condition, production... |
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302,82 zł |
The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation
ISBN: 9780309111614 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Automation in air traffic control may increase efficiency, but it also raises questions about adequate human control over automated systems. Following on the panel's first volume on air traffic control automation, Flight to the Future (NRC, 1997), this book focuses on the interaction of pilots and air traffic controllers, with a growing network of automated functions in the airspace system. Automation in air traffic control may increase efficiency, but it also raises questions about adequate human control over automated systems. Follow... |
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383,93 zł |
Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains
ISBN: 9780309049900 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food plants. Scenes of starvation have drawn the world's attention to Africa's agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this conti... |
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286,60 zł |
Improving Learning with Information Technology: Report of a Workshop
ISBN: 9780309084130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In spring 2000, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) and senior staff at the National Research Council (NRC) recognized a common frustration: that the potential of information technology to transform K-12 education remains unrealized. In fall 2000 the U.S. DOEd formally requested that the National Academies undertake an interdisciplinary project called Improving Learning with Information Technology (ILIT). The project was launched with a symposium on January 24-25, 2001. This report summarizes the proceedings of the symposium and is intended for people interested in... In spring 2000, representatives from the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd) and senior staff at the National Research Council (NRC) recognized a c... |
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210,89 zł |
Distributed Remote Sensing for Naval Undersea Warfare: Abbreviated Version
ISBN: 9780309101806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The widespread availability of quiet, diesel electric submarines and inexpensive mines is posing a growing threat to global access by the U.S. Navy. In response, the Navy has expanded its undersea warfare efforts and put particular emphasis on the potential for new distributed remote sensing (DRS) approaches. To assist with this effort, the former Chief of Naval Operations requested the NRC to conduct an assessment of DRS for naval undersea warfare. This report provides a clear, near-term path by which useful DRS systems can be applied rapidly to pressing naval USW problems, and by which... The widespread availability of quiet, diesel electric submarines and inexpensive mines is posing a growing threat to global access by the U.S. Navy... |
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129,73 zł |
Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations: Summary of a Workshop
ISBN: 9780309266161 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)--recognizing that information and insights gained through continual examination of practices for organizational assessment are useful for decision makers at organizations across the deferral, industrial, academic, and national laboratory sectors-recently requested that the National Research Council (NRC) organize a panel to review best practices in assessment of research and development (R&D) organizations. In response, the NRC established the Panel for Review of Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development... The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)--recognizing that information and insights gained through continual examination of practi... |
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129,73 zł |
Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels: Workshop Summary
ISBN: 9780309119825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The National Research Council's Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted "Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels: The National Academies' First Federal Sustainability Research and Development Forum" on October 17- 18, 2007. The forum discussed sustainability research and development activities related to ecosystem services and biofuels. The objective of the forum was to identify research gaps and opportunities for collaboration among federal agencies to meet the challenges to sustainability posed by... The National Research Council's Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability hosted "Transitioning to Sustainability through Research an... |
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194,67 zł |
Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment and Defense
ISBN: 9780309058421 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The entertainment industry and the U.S. Department of Defense--though differing widely in their motivations, objectives, and cultures--share a common, growing interest in modeling and simulation. In entertainment, modeling and simulation technologies drive multi-billion dollar markets in video games, virtual reality attractions and theme parks, and film. In DOD, modeling and simulation provides a cost-effective means of training troops, developing doctrine and tactics, and evaluating new and upgraded systems. Modeling and Simulation explores both entertainment and military... The entertainment industry and the U.S. Department of Defense--though differing widely in their motivations, objectives, and cultures--share a comm... |
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205,49 zł |
Views of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference
ISBN: 9780309161053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The passive, receive-only Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) and the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (EESS) provide otherwise impossible scientific observations of the Universe and Earth through the use of advanced receiver technology with extreme sensitivity and the employment of complex noise reduction algorithms. Even with such technology, RAS and EESS are quite adversely affected by what most active services would consider low noise levels. To ensure their ability to use the radio spectrum for scientific purposes, scientists must be party to the discussion in the lead-up to the...The passive, receive-only Radio Astronomy Service (RAS) and the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (EESS) provide otherwise impossible scientific ... |
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135,14 zł |
The Role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror: Abbreviated Version
ISBN: 9780309101790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The growth of the terrorism threat to the nationa (TM)s security has created significant strategic challenges for U.S. armed forces in fighting this global war on terrorism (GWOT). For the Navy, the challenges have centered on developing maritime capabilities to prosecute the GWOT as far forward as possible. To assist the Navya (TM)s planning in this area, the former Chief of Naval Operations requested the NRC to conduct an assessment of the adequacy of and prospects for improving the role of Naval Forces in the GWOT. The study developed a defense-in-depth framework as the organizing... The growth of the terrorism threat to the nationa (TM)s security has created significant strategic challenges for U.S. armed forces in fighting thi... |
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97,28 zł |
Improved Fire- And Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: A Proceedings
ISBN: 9780309053365 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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243,34 zł |
Mathematics and 21st Century Biology
ISBN: 9780309095846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 149 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The exponentially increasing amounts of biological data along with comparable advances in computing power are making possible the construction of quantitative, predictive biological systems models. This development could revolutionize those biology-based fields of science. To assist this transformation, the U.S. Department of Energy asked the National Research Council to recommend mathematical research activities to enable more effective use of the large amounts of existing genomic information and the structural and functional genomic information being created. The resulting study is a... The exponentially increasing amounts of biological data along with comparable advances in computing power are making possible the construction of q... |
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216,30 zł |
Toxicologic Assessment of Jet-Propulsion Fuel 8
ISBN: 9780309087155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This report provides a critical review of toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other relevant data on jet-propulsion fuel 8, a type of fuel in wide use by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), and an evaluation of the scientific basis of DODa (TM)s interim permissible exposure level of 350 mg/m3 This report provides a critical review of toxicologic, epidemiologic, and other relevant data on jet-propulsion fuel 8, a type of fuel in wide use ... |
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243,34 zł |
Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States
ISBN: 9780309144018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long distances and that adverse impacts of emitted pollutants cannot be confined to one country or even one continent. Pollutants from traffic, cooking stoves, and factories emitted half a world away can make the air we inhale today more hazardous for our health. The relative importance of this "imported" pollution is likely to increase, as emissions in developing countries grow, and air quality standards in industrial countries are tightened. ...Recent advances in air pollution monitoring and modeling capabilities have made it possible to show that air pollution can be transported long dist... |
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286,60 zł |
Intelligent Human-Machine Collaboration: Summary of a Workshop
ISBN: 9780309262644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. On June 12-14, 2012, the Board on Global Science and Technology held an international, multidisciplinary workshop in Washington, D.C., to explore the challenges and advances in intelligent human-machine collaboration (IH-MC), particularly as it applies to unstructured environments. This workshop convened researchers from a range of science and engineering disciplines, including robotics, human-robot and human-machine interaction, software agents and multi-agentsystems, cognitive sciences, and human-machine teamwork. Participants were drawn from research organizations in Australia, China,... On June 12-14, 2012, the Board on Global Science and Technology held an international, multidisciplinary workshop in Washington, D.C., to explore t... |
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129,73 zł |