Author: National Rese Assembly Of Life Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: health, water, drinking
Number of Pages: 299
Published: 1982-12
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0309031982
ISBN-13: 9780309031981

Author: Committee on Bioprocess Engineering National Rese
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: engineering, bioprocess, work, biotechnology, putting
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309047854
ISBN-13: 9780309047852

The ability of the United States to sustain a dominant global position in biotechnology lies in maintaining its primacy in basic life-science research and developing a strong resource base for bioprocess engineering and bioproduct manufacturing. This book examines the status of bioprocessing and biotechnology in the United States; current bioprocess technology, products, and opportunities; and challenges of the future and what must be done to meet those challenges. It gives recommendations for action to provide suitable incentives to establish a national program in bioprocess-engineering resea

Author: Committee on Exploration of the SeasNational Rese
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: unknown, voyage, seas, exploration
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2003-11-07
List price: $49.50
ISBN-10: 0309089271
ISBN-13: 9780309089272

In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting that, on the 200th anniversary of that expedition, the United States, together with international partners, should embark on another journey of exploration in a vastly more extensive region of remarkable potential for discovery. Although the oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet’s surface, much of the ocean has been investigated in only a cursory sense, and many areas have not been inv

Author: Panel on Retirement Income Modeling National Rese
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: data, research, models, needs, income, policies, retirement, assessing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1997-02-12
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0309056276
ISBN-13: 9780309056274

Provides a framework for retirement income modeling and summarizes the state of basic research knowledge in key areas. Recommends improvements in data sources and ways to facilitate interagency coordination. Paper.Book DescriptionThe retirement income security of older Americans and the cost of providing that security are increasingly the subject of major debate. This volume assesses what we know and recommends what we need to know to estimate the short- and long-term effects of policy alternatives. It details gaps in data and research and evaluates possible models to estimate the impact of po

Author: Panel on Retirement Income Modeling National Rese
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: behavior, retirement, knowledge, assessing
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1996-07-05
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309055474
ISBN-13: 9780309055475

This book brings together in one volume what researchers have learned about workers, employers, and retirees that is important for formulating retirement income policies. As the U.S. population ages, there is increasing uncertainty about the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare systems and the adequacy of private pensions to provide for people’s retirement needs. The volume covers such critical behaviors as workers’ decisions to retire, people’s choices of saving over consumption, and employers’ decisions about hiring older workers and providing pension and heal

Author: Mathematics Learning Study CommitteeNational Rese
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: mathematics, learn, children, helping, adding
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2001-11
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0309069955
ISBN-13: 9780309069953

Adding it All 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 mathematics proficiency in the domain of number and describes how students develop these proficiencies. With examples and illustrations, the book presents a portrait of mathematics learning: * Research findings on what children know about numbers by the time they arrive in pre-K and the implications for mathemat

Author: Committee on Solar and Space PhysicsNational Rese
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: medium, workshop, report, interstellar, local, outer, heliosphere, exploration
Number of Pages: 68
Published: 2004-10-25
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0309091861
ISBN-13: 9780309091862