Author: Committee on a National Research Agenda on AgingD
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: life, agenda, aging, research, national, enhancing, extending
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0309043999
ISBN-13: 9780309043991

Americans are living longer than ever before. For many, though, these extra years have become a bitter gift, marred by dementia, disability, and loss of independence. "Extending Life, Enhancing Life" sets the course toward practical solutions to these problems by specifying 15 research priorities in five key areas of investigation: basic biomedicine - to understand the fundamental processes of aging; clinical - to intervene against common disabilities and maladies of older persons; behavioural and social - to build on past successes with behavioural and social interventions; health services de

Author: Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the E
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: research, agenda, children, minority, schooling, language, improving
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 1997-04-16
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0309054974
ISBN-13: 9780309054973

Author: Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the E
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: children, minority, language, educating
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-02-19
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0309064147
ISBN-13: 9780309064149

In the past 30 years, a large and growing number of students in U.S. schools have come from homes in which the language background is other than English. These students present unique challenges for America’s education system. Based on "Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children", a comprehensive study published in 1997, this book summarizes for teachers and education policymakers what has been learned over the past three decades about educating such students. It discusses a broad range of educational issues: how students learn a second language; how reading and writing skills de

Author: Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda f
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: earthquake, engineering, network, simulation, nees, agenda, research, grand, challenge, preventing, disasters
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-11-07
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0309090644
ISBN-13: 9780309090643

The Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), administered by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is scheduled to become operational in 2004. These network sites will perform a range of experiments to test and validate complex computer models being developed to simulate the behavior of structures subjected to earthquakes. To assist in this effort, the NSF requested the National Research Council (NRC) to frame the major questions to be addressed by and to develop a long-term research agenda for NEES. "Preventing Earthquake Disasters" presents an overview of the grand challenge, i

Author: Climate Research Committee National Research Coun
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: time, scales, century, decade, climate, variability, natural
Number of Pages: 644
Published: 1996-08-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309054494
ISBN-13: 9780309054492

This volume reflects the current state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. It covers a wide range of relevant subjects, including the characteristics of the atmosphere and ocean environments as well as the methods used to describe and analyze them, such as proxy data and numerical models. They clearly demonstrate the range, persistence, and magnitude of climate variability as represented by many different indicators. Not only do natural climate variations have important socioeconomic effects, but they must be better understood before poss

Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: interim, report, compass, series, poverty, children, area, estimates, school, small
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 1999-02-18
List price: $33.50
ISBN-10: 0309063957
ISBN-13: 9780309063951

Author: Committee on National StatisticsNational Research
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: estimates, title, county, allocations, research, record, revised, transportation, report, school, area, children, poverty, small, interim, evaluation
Number of Pages: 186
Published: 1998-03-31
List price: $42.25
ISBN-10: 0309060451
ISBN-13: 9780309060455