Author: National Research Council Panel to Evaluate Micros
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: modeling, volume, technical, papers, microsimulation, uses, information, social, policy, decisions, improving
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1991-01-01
List price: $93.75
ISBN-10: 0309045428
ISBN-13: 9780309045421

This volume, second in the series, provides essential background material for policy analysts, researchers, statisticians, and others interested in the application of microsimulation techniques to develop estimates of the costs and population impacts of proposed changes in government policies, ranging from welfare to retirement income to health care to taxes. The material spans data inputs to models, design and computer implementation of models, validation of model outputs, and model documentation.

Author: National Research Council National Research
Publisher: National Academy Pre
Keywords: department, energy, management, project, improving, progress
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2001-01-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309082803
ISBN-13: 9780309082808

Report from the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management, and the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. Softcover.Book DescriptionIn 1997, Congress, in the conference report, H.R. 105-271, to the FY1998 Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill, directed the NRC to carry out a series of assessments of project management at the Department of Energy (DOE). This report, the 2003 Assessment, is the final one in that series. It presents an examination of DOE’s progress in improving program management over the past three ye

Author: National Research CouncilNational Research Counci
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: phytosanitary, standards, international, trade, sanitary, developing, science, economics, sociology, incorporating
Number of Pages: 275
Published: 2000-06-15
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0309070902
ISBN-13: 9780309070904

Proceedings of conference at the National Academies’ Beckman Center, Irvine, California, January 25-27, 1999. Task of conference was to elucidate the place of science, culture, politics, and economics in the design and implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and their effect on international trade. Softcover.

Authors:National Research Council, Natl Research Coun,
Publisher: National Academy Press
Keywords: technologies, implementation, issues, new, screening, passenger, security, airline
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 1996-04
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0309054397
ISBN-13: 9780309054393

Report formed by the Natl Materials Advisory Board to review all potential automated instrumental methods currently under consideration for passenger screening applications. Paper.

Authors:National Research Council, Natl Res Council,
Publisher: National Academy Press
Keywords: nmab, publication, materials, processing, microwave
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 1994-01
List price: $30.25
ISBN-10: 0309050278
ISBN-13: 9780309050272

Introduces the reader to the use of microwaves for processing materials, identifies gaps, limitations, or weaknesses in the understanding of the use of microwaves in materials processing, and provides an assessment of the state of the art of microwave processing as an industrial technology.

Author: National Research Council National Convocation on
Publisher: National Academy Pre
Keywords: grades, middle, learners, maintain, expectations, needs, teaching, education, mathematics, meet
Number of Pages: 270
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0309067979
ISBN-13: 9780309067973

In September 1998, the Math Science Education Board National held a Convocation on Middle Grades Mathematics that was co-sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Middle School Association, and the American Educational Research Association. The Convocation was structured to present the teaching of middle school mathematics from two points of view: teaching mathematics with a focus on the subject matter content or teaching mathematics with a focus on the whole child and whole curriculum. This book discusses the challenges before the nation’s mathematical s

Author: National Research Council (U. S.)National Researc
Publisher: National Academy Press
Keywords: assembled, chemical, weapons, demilitarization, technologies, evaluation, alternative, review
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 1999-10-15
List price: $52.75
ISBN-10: 0309066395
ISBN-13: 9780309066396

Discusses the destruction of the chemical munitions in the U.S. for more than a decade in keeping with recommendations from the NRC, and the U.S. Army selected incineration as the destruction method at all storage sites. Softcover.