Author: Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative Na
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: initiative, aerospace, national, evaluation
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2004-06-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0309091756
ISBN-13: 9780309091756

The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies: hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became concerned about the NAI’s possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this issue, it asked the NRC for an independent review of the NAI. Th

Author: The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Nan
Publisher: National Academies Pre
Keywords: systems, physical, conference, focus, summaries, group, biomedical, interface, keck, academies, futures, initiative, nanostructures, designing, national
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2005-06-01
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 0309096685
ISBN-13: 9780309096683

Last November, the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative held the Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical Systems conference at which researchers from science, engineering and medicine discussed recent developments in nanotechnology, directions for future research, and possible biomedical applications. The centerpiece of the conference was breakout sessions in which ten focus groups of researchers from different fields spent eight hours developing research plans to solve various problems in the field of nanotechnology. Among the challenges were: building

Author: The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Hea
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: medicine, evolution, bioengineering, task, summaries, group, demography, healthspan, keck, academies, futures, initiative, human, future, national
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2008-04-24
List price: $34.50
ISBN-10: 0309115590
ISBN-13: 9780309115599

Book DescriptionAn individual’s healthspan can be defined as the length of time an individual is able to maintain good health. In 2007, over one hundred experts and researchers from public and private institutions across the nation convened to find new ways of addressing the human healthspan and the elusive nature of aging. Experts in public health, bioengineering, neuroscience and gerontology discussed how stress and lifestyle influence the decline of health at older ages. Other discussions focused on the integration of technology in the quality of life, gerontology, regenerative medici

Author: Joel C. Rosenberg
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: initiative, tehran
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2011-10-18
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1414319355
ISBN-13: 9781414319353

The world is on the brink of disaster and the clock is ticking. Iran has just conducted its first atomic weapons test. Millions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah—known as “the Twelfth Imam”—has just arrived on earth. Israeli leaders fear Tehran, under the Twelfth Imam’s spell, will soon launch a nuclear attack that could bring about a second holocaust and the annihilation of Israel. The White House fears Jerusalem will strike first, launching a preemptive attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities that could cause the entire Middle East to go up in flames, oil p

Author: Bob Nelson Ph.D.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Keywords: work, initiative, ways
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1999-10-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 076111405X
ISBN-13: 9780761114055

1001 WAYS to Take Initiative at Work is about managing up--about employees taking ownership of their jobs, whether it’s an assistant working for a manager or a VP working for the CEO. Third in the 1001 Ways series by bestselling business writer Bob Nelson, whose 1001 Ways to Reward Employees and 1001 Ways to Energize Employees have over 900,000 copies in print, TAKE INITIATIVE is the first management book for employees. Weaving together case studies, examples, quotes, research highlights, and the author’s own "Tool Box" of management techniques and exercises, this practical handb

Author: Emeric Arus
Publisher: Turtle Press
Keywords: initiative, way, karate, ryu, sendo
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1934903108
ISBN-13: 9781934903100

In Sendo-Ryu Karate-Do The Way of Initiative, Professor Emeric Arus/SOKE 10th Dan Black Belt and Founder/President of the International Sendo-Ryu Karatedo Federation introduces a highly effective self-defense and sport Karate system. Sendo-Ryu Karate-Do The Way of Initiative offers over 80 diagrams and 400 photographs illustrating techniques ranging from knife attacks to defense techniques mandatory for black belt tests. This versatile and highly combative style incorporates the technical elements, basic training principles and general philosophy of four major Japanese styles: SHOTOKAN, WAD

Author:
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
Keywords: initiative, energy, reclamation, hydropower
Number of Pages: 94
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0788103946
ISBN-13: 9780788103940