Steve Olson is the author of Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens (winner of a Washington State Book Award), Mapping Human History (a finalist for the National Book Award), and other books. He has written for the Atlantic, Science, Smithsonian, and more. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
208 द्वारा ईबुक Steve Olson
Greg Graffin & Steve Olson: Anarchy Evolution
Frompunk rock band Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin and Steve Olson, Anarchy Evolution is a provocative look at the collision between religion and science."Take one man who rejects authority and reli …
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Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: State Science and Technology Policy Advice
The federal government plays the predominant role in supporting research and development (R&D) and in establishing public policies that affect science and technology (S&T) in the United States. Howev …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced materi …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Accelerating the Development of Biomarkers for Drug Safety
Biomarkers can be defined as indicators of any biologic state, and they are central to the future of medicine. As the cost of developing drugs has risen in recent years, reducing the number of new dr …
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Committee on Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific Inquiry & National Research Council: Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards
Humans, especially children, are naturally curious. Yet, people often balk at the thought of learning sciencethe "eyes glazed over" syndrome. Teachers may find teaching science a major chal …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Strengthening High School Chemistry Education Through Teacher Outreach Programs
A strong chemical workforce in the United States will be essential to the ability to address many issues of societal concern in the future, including demand for renewable energy, more advanced materi …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Accelerating the Development of Biomarkers for Drug Safety
Biomarkers can be defined as indicators of any biologic state, and they are central to the future of medicine. As the cost of developing drugs has risen in recent years, reducing the number of new dr …
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National Academy of Engineering & National Academy of Sciences: Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grades K-8
K-8 science education in California (as in many other parts of the country) is in a state of crisis. K-8 students in California spend too little time studying science, many of their teachers are not …
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National Academy of Engineering & National Academy of Sciences: Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grades K-8
K-8 science education in California (as in many other parts of the country) is in a state of crisis. K-8 students in California spend too little time studying science, many of their teachers are not …
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National Academy of Engineering: Rebuilding a Real Economy
The financial crisis that began in 2008 is a stark demonstration that we as a nation take great risks when we build too much of our economy on a base that does not create real value. Relying on vapor …
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Board on International Scientific Organizations & National Research Council: Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China
In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers’ Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowled …
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National Academy of Engineering: Rebuilding a Real Economy
The financial crisis that began in 2008 is a stark demonstration that we as a nation take great risks when we build too much of our economy on a base that does not create real value. Relying on vapor …
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Committee on Human-Systems Integration & Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care: Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care
The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the saf …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Residual Newborn Screening Samples for Translational Research
Newborn screening samples are used to test more than 4 million infants each year for life-threatening diseases that are treatable if found at birth. These specimens also represent a potentially inval …
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Academy of Science of South Africa & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Emerging Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Africa
Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4, 500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Establishing Precompetitive Collaborations to Stimulate Genomics-Driven Product Development
Despite the many basic research discoveries in genetics, relatively few gene-based treatments, drugs, or preventative measures have been developed. One way to bridge this gap may be for industry, aca …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia
An estimated 2 billion people, one third of the global population, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Spread through the air, this infectious diseas …
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Committee on Human-Systems Integration & Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care: Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care
The rapid growth of home health care has raised many unsolved issues and will have consequences that are far too broad for any one group to analyze in their entirety. Yet a major influence on the saf …
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Board on International Scientific Organizations & National Research Council: Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China
In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers’ Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowled …
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National Academy of Sciences & Steve Olson: Evolution in Hawaii
As both individuals and societies, we are making decisions today that will have profound consequences for future generations. From preserving Earth’s plants and animals to altering our use of fossil …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Residual Newborn Screening Samples for Translational Research
Newborn screening samples are used to test more than 4 million infants each year for life-threatening diseases that are treatable if found at birth. These specimens also represent a potentially inval …
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National Academy of Engineering & Steve Olson: Global Technology
Engineers know what they mean by the word technology. They mean the things engineers conceive, design, build, and deploy. But what does the word global in the phrase global technology mean? Does it m …
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Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: State Science and Technology Policy Advice
The federal government plays the predominant role in supporting research and development (R&D) and in establishing public policies that affect science and technology (S&T) in the United States. Howev …
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Committee on the Science of Research on Families & Institute of Medicine: Toward an Integrated Science of Research on Families
Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Hunger and Obesity
At some point during 2009, more than 17 million households in the United States had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. In more than one-third of th …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Establishing Precompetitive Collaborations to Stimulate Genomics-Driven Product Development
Despite the many basic research discoveries in genetics, relatively few gene-based treatments, drugs, or preventative measures have been developed. One way to bridge this gap may be for industry, aca …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: From Neurons to Neighborhoods
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary is based on the original study From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Early Childhood Development, which released in October of 2000. From the time …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: From Neurons to Neighborhoods
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: An Update: Workshop Summary is based on the original study From Neurons to Neighborhoods: Early Childhood Development, which released in October of 2000. From the time …
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Committee on the Science of Research on Families & Institute of Medicine: Toward an Integrated Science of Research on Families
Demographic changes, immigration, economic upheavals, and changing societal mores are creating new and altered structures, processes, and relationships in American families today. As families undergo …
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Academy of Science of South Africa & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Emerging Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Africa
Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4, 500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment …
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Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters & Disasters Roundtable: Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters
Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles o …
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Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters & Disasters Roundtable: Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters
Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards doubles o …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Hunger and Obesity
At some point during 2009, more than 17 million households in the United States had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. In more than one-third of th …
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Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments & Policy and Global Affairs: Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research
The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President …
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Committee on Measuring Economic and Other Returns on Federal Research Investments & Policy and Global Affairs: Measuring the Impacts of Federal Investments in Research
The enactment of the America COMPETES Act in 2006 (and its reauthorization in 2010), the increase in research expenditures under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and President …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India
An estimated 8.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2010 and 1.4 million died from the disease. Although antibiotics to treat TB were developed in the 1950s and are effective against a …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Facing the Reality of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India
An estimated 8.8 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2010 and 1.4 million died from the disease. Although antibiotics to treat TB were developed in the 1950s and are effective against a …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Integrating Large-Scale Genomic Information into Clinical Practice
The initial sequencing of the human genome, carried out by an international group of experts, took 13 years and $2.7 billion to complete. In the decade since that achievement, sequencing technology h …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Integrating Large-Scale Genomic Information into Clinical Practice
The initial sequencing of the human genome, carried out by an international group of experts, took 13 years and $2.7 billion to complete. In the decade since that achievement, sequencing technology h …
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Board on Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine: Allied Health Workforce and Services
The demand for health care is growing as the nation ages and seeks to provide coverage for the millions of Americans who lack health insurance. At the same time, escalating costs have led to a variet …
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Board on Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine: Allied Health Workforce and Services
The demand for health care is growing as the nation ages and seeks to provide coverage for the millions of Americans who lack health insurance. At the same time, escalating costs have led to a variet …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Strengthening a Workforce for Innovative Regulatory Science in Therapeutics Development
The development and application of regulatory science – which FDA has defined as the science of developing new tools, standards, and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality, and performanc …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Strengthening a Workforce for Innovative Regulatory Science in Therapeutics Development
The development and application of regulatory science – which FDA has defined as the science of developing new tools, standards, and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality, and performanc …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Information Sharing and Collaboration
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Information Sharing and Collaboration
After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax mailings, the U.S. government prioritized a biosurveillance strategy aimed at detecting, monitoring, and characterizing national …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia
An estimated 2 billion people, one third of the global population, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Spread through the air, this infectious diseas …
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National Academy of Engineering: Making Things
More than two decades ago, a commission of 17 MIT scientists and economists released a report, Made in America, which opened with the memorable phrase, "To live well, a nation must produce well. …
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National Academy of Engineering: Making Things
More than two decades ago, a commission of 17 MIT scientists and economists released a report, Made in America, which opened with the memorable phrase, "To live well, a nation must produce well. …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genome-Based Diagnostics
The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of associations between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to an explosion of genomic-based diagnostic tests. These tests have t …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genome-Based Diagnostics
The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of associations between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to an explosion of genomic-based diagnostic tests. These tests have t …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) was established in 1997 by the National Research Council (NRC). It provides a science oriented apolitical forum for leaders in the chemical sciences to discuss …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice for the Next Decade
In 1993 the National Research Council released its landmark report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (NRC, 1993). That report identified child maltreatment as a devastating social problem in Amer …
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Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: Rising Above the Gathering Storm
In October 2005, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine released a policy report that served as a call to action. The report, Rising Above the Ga …
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Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: Rising Above the Gathering Storm
In October 2005, the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine released a policy report that served as a call to action. The report, Rising Above the Ga …
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Board on Higher Education and Workforce & Board on Life Sciences: Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape
The National Research Council (NRC) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have released a new report, Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Based on a …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Thinking Evolutionarily
Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegat …
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Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Thinking Evolutionarily
Evolution is the central unifying theme of biology. Yet today, more than a century and a half after Charles Darwin proposed the idea of evolution through natural selection, the topic is often relegat …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding
Societies have sought to improve the outputs of their agricultural producers for thousands of years. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, efforts to convey agricultural knowledge to farmers became k …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding
Societies have sought to improve the outputs of their agricultural producers for thousands of years. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, efforts to convey agricultural knowledge to farmers became k …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genome-Based Therapeutics
The number of new drug approvals has remained reasonably steady for the past 50 years at around 20 to 30 per year, while at the same time the total spending on health-related research and development …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genome-Based Therapeutics
The number of new drug approvals has remained reasonably steady for the past 50 years at around 20 to 30 per year, while at the same time the total spending on health-related research and development …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Accelerating the Development of New Drugs and Diagnostics
Advances in technologies and knowledge are creating new avenues for research and opportunities for the discovery and clinical development of innovative therapies and diagnostics. However, despite the …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Accelerating the Development of New Drugs and Diagnostics
Advances in technologies and knowledge are creating new avenues for research and opportunities for the discovery and clinical development of innovative therapies and diagnostics. However, despite the …
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National Academy of Engineering: Making Value
Manufacturing is in a period of dramatic transformation. But in the United States, public and political dialogue is simplistically focused almost entirely on the movement of certain manufacturing job …
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National Academy of Engineering: Making Value
Manufacturing is in a period of dramatic transformation. But in the United States, public and political dialogue is simplistically focused almost entirely on the movement of certain manufacturing job …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding
On May 23, 2012, the Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding convened a workshop at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to investigate data sharing as a means of improving coordi …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding
On May 23, 2012, the Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding convened a workshop at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) to investigate data sharing as a means of improving coordi …
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National Academy of Engineering: Educating Engineers
The National Academy of Engineering’s 2012 forum, "Educating Engineers: Preparing 21st Century Leaders in the Context of New Modes of Learning, " opened with presentations by six speakers w …
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National Academy of Engineering: Educating Engineers
The National Academy of Engineering’s 2012 forum, "Educating Engineers: Preparing 21st Century Leaders in the Context of New Modes of Learning, " opened with presentations by six speakers w …
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Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Sharing Clinical Research Data
Pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, and government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health all possess large quantities of clinical researc …
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Board on Health Care Services & Board on Health Sciences Policy: Sharing Clinical Research Data
Pharmaceutical companies, academic researchers, and government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health all possess large quantities of clinical researc …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Change in Food Marketing to Children and Youth
The childhood obesity epidemic is an urgent public health problem. The most recent data available show that nearly 19 percent of boys and about 15 percent of girls aged 2-19 are obese, and almost a t …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Change in Food Marketing to Children and Youth
The childhood obesity epidemic is an urgent public health problem. The most recent data available show that nearly 19 percent of boys and about 15 percent of girls aged 2-19 are obese, and almost a t …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Center for Medical Technology Policy: Genome-Based Diagnostics
Genome-Based Diagnostics: Demonstrating Clinical Utility in Oncology is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2012 by the Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health and the Cente …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Center for Medical Technology Policy: Genome-Based Diagnostics
Genome-Based Diagnostics: Demonstrating Clinical Utility in Oncology is the summary of a workshop convened in May 2012 by the Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health and the Cente …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Economics of Genomic Medicine
The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement over the potential of genomics to direct patient tr …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Economics of Genomic Medicine
The sequencing of the human genome and the identification of links between specific genetic variants and diseases have led to tremendous excitement over the potential of genomics to direct patient tr …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education …
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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center & National Academy of Engineering: Protecting National Park Soundscapes
America’s national parks provide a wealth of experiences to millions of people every year. What visitors seelandscapes, wildlife, cultural activitiesoften lingers in memory for life. And what they he …
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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center & National Academy of Engineering: Protecting National Park Soundscapes
America’s national parks provide a wealth of experiences to millions of people every year. What visitors seelandscapes, wildlife, cultural activitiesoften lingers in memory for life. And what they he …
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Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults
Young adults are at a significant and pivotal time of life. They may seek higher education, launch their work lives, develop personal relationships and healthy habits, and pursue other endeavors that …
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Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults
Young adults are at a significant and pivotal time of life. They may seek higher education, launch their work lives, develop personal relationships and healthy habits, and pursue other endeavors that …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the BRICS
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective first-line anti-TB drugs, originally developed and introduced in the 1950 and …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the BRICS
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective first-line anti-TB drugs, originally developed and introduced in the 1950 and …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Sensing and Shaping Emerging Conflicts
Technology has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, from how businesses operate, to how people get information, to how countries wage war. Certain technologies in particular, including not onl …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Sensing and Shaping Emerging Conflicts
Technology has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, from how businesses operate, to how people get information, to how countries wage war. Certain technologies in particular, including not onl …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Nutrition Education in the K-12 Curriculum
The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America’s young people are overweight or obese. Health problems once seen …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Nutrition Education in the K-12 Curriculum
The childhood obesity epidemic and related health consequences are urgent public health problems. Approximately one-third of America’s young people are overweight or obese. Health problems once seen …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities
Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples from Native Communities is the summary of a workshop convened in November 2012 by the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities
Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples from Native Communities is the summary of a workshop convened in November 2012 by the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the …
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€37.45
Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: Trends in the Innovation Ecosystem
Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19th century, has added three decades to the average li …
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Institute of Medicine & National Academy of Engineering: Trends in the Innovation Ecosystem
Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19th century, has added three decades to the average li …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults
Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence of …
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€3.84
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults
Financing Long-Term Services and Supports for Individuals with Disabilities and Older Adults is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence of …
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€40.04
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Genomic Science Translation
The process for translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications has historically involved a linear and lengthy progression from initial discovery to preclinical testing, regulatory e …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Genomic Science Translation
The process for translating basic science discoveries into clinical applications has historically involved a linear and lengthy progression from initial discovery to preclinical testing, regulatory e …
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€38.43
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act
Since its creation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2007, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities has been fostering dialogue on racial and eth …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act
Since its creation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2007, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities has been fostering dialogue on racial and eth …
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€51.34
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight
Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine incom …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight
Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine incom …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support Peacebuilding
Operational systems engineering is a methodology that identifies the important components of a complex system, analyzes the relationships among those components, and creates models of the system to e …
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National Academy of Engineering & United States Institute of Peace: Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support Peacebuilding
Operational systems engineering is a methodology that identifies the important components of a complex system, analyzes the relationships among those components, and creates models of the system to e …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Refining Processes for the Co-Development of Genome-Based Therapeutics and Companion Diagnostic Tests
Many drug developers have examined new strategies for creating efficiencies in their development processes, including the adoption of genomics-based approaches. Genomic data can identify new drug tar …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Refining Processes for the Co-Development of Genome-Based Therapeutics and Companion Diagnostic Tests
Many drug developers have examined new strategies for creating efficiencies in their development processes, including the adoption of genomics-based approaches. Genomic data can identify new drug tar …
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National Academy of Engineering: Importance of Engineering Talent to the Prosperity and Security of the Nation
The quality of engineering in the United States will only be as good as the quality of the engineers doing it. The recruitment and retention of talented young people into engineering therefore need t …
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National Academy of Engineering: Importance of Engineering Talent to the Prosperity and Security of the Nation
The quality of engineering in the United States will only be as good as the quality of the engineers doing it. The recruitment and retention of talented young people into engineering therefore need t …
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Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Considerations in Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families
Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive interventions with the long-term benefits of those int …
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Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Considerations in Applying Benefit-Cost Analysis to Preventive Interventions for Children, Youth, and Families
Benefit-cost analyses hold great promise for influencing policies related to children, youth, and families. By comparing the costs of preventive interventions with the long-term benefits of those int …
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€37.23
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Conflict of Interest and Medical Innovation
Scientific advances such as the sequencing of the human genome have created great promise for improving human health by providing a greater understanding of disease biology and enabling the developme …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Conflict of Interest and Medical Innovation
Scientific advances such as the sequencing of the human genome have created great promise for improving human health by providing a greater understanding of disease biology and enabling the developme …
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€40.65
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Drug Repurposing and Repositioning
Drug development can be time-consuming and expensive. Recent estimates suggest that, on average, it takes 10 years and at least $1 billion to bring a drug to market. Given the time and expense of dev …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Drug Repurposing and Repositioning
Drug development can be time-consuming and expensive. Recent estimates suggest that, on average, it takes 10 years and at least $1 billion to bring a drug to market. Given the time and expense of dev …
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€39.30
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging
Being able to communicate is a cornerstone of healthy aging. People need to make themselves understood and to understand others to remain cognitively and socially engaged with families, friends, and …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging
Being able to communicate is a cornerstone of healthy aging. People need to make themselves understood and to understand others to remain cognitively and socially engaged with families, friends, and …
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€41.15
Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives
Every year, public and private funders spend many billions of dollars on large-scale, complex, multi-national health initiatives. The only way to know whether these initiatives are achieving their ob …
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Board on Global Health & Institute of Medicine: Evaluation Design for Complex Global Initiatives
Every year, public and private funders spend many billions of dollars on large-scale, complex, multi-national health initiatives. The only way to know whether these initiatives are achieving their ob …
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€52.60
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States
For the first time in decades, promising news has emerged regarding efforts to curb the obesity crisis in the United States. Obesity rates have fallen among low-income children in 18 states, the prev …
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€3.79
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States
For the first time in decades, promising news has emerged regarding efforts to curb the obesity crisis in the United States. Obesity rates have fallen among low-income children in 18 states, the prev …
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€39.38
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Stem Cell Therapies
Stem cells offer tremendous promise for advancing health and medicine. Whether being used to replace damaged cells and organs or else by supporting the body’s intrinsic repair mechanisms, stem cells …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Stem Cell Therapies
Stem cells offer tremendous promise for advancing health and medicine. Whether being used to replace damaged cells and organs or else by supporting the body’s intrinsic repair mechanisms, stem cells …
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€41.27
Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying
Bullying – long tolerated as just a part of growing up – finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor school perf …
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Committee on Law and Justice & Institute of Medicine: Building Capacity to Reduce Bullying
Bullying – long tolerated as just a part of growing up – finally has been recognized as a substantial and preventable health problem. Bullying is associated with anxiety, depression, poor school perf …
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€51.54
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Assessing Genomic Sequencing Information for Health Care Decision Making
Rapid advances in technology have lowered the cost of sequencing an individual’s genome from the several billion dollars that it cost a decade ago to just a few thousand dollars today and have corres …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Assessing Genomic Sequencing Information for Health Care Decision Making
Rapid advances in technology have lowered the cost of sequencing an individual’s genome from the several billion dollars that it cost a decade ago to just a few thousand dollars today and have corres …
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€46.12
National Academy of Engineering & Steve Olson: Global Technology
Engineers know what they mean by the word technology. They mean the things engineers conceive, design, build, and deploy. But what does the word global in the phrase global technology mean? Does it m …
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€21.82
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: STEM Learning Is Everywhere
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) permeate the modern world. The jobs people do, the foods they eat, the vehicles in which they travel, the information they receive, the medici …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: STEM Learning Is Everywhere
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) permeate the modern world. The jobs people do, the foods they eat, the vehicles in which they travel, the information they receive, the medici …
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€37.10
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: Exploring Opportunities for STEM Teacher Leadership
Many national initiatives in K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emphasized the connections between teachers and improved student learning. Much of the discus …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: Exploring Opportunities for STEM Teacher Leadership
Many national initiatives in K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education have emphasized the connections between teachers and improved student learning. Much of the discus …
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€35.87
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Improving Genetics Education in Graduate and Continuing Health Professional Education
Many health care providers do not have either the knowledge or the tools they need in order to apply genetic information in their day-to-day practices. This lack of support is contributing to a subst …
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€3.79
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Improving Genetics Education in Graduate and Continuing Health Professional Education
Many health care providers do not have either the knowledge or the tools they need in order to apply genetic information in their day-to-day practices. This lack of support is contributing to a subst …
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€43.70
Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Innovations in Design and Utilization of Measurement Systems to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health
Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels in the United States. While great progress has been …
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€3.83
Institute of Medicine & National Research Council: Innovations in Design and Utilization of Measurement Systems to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health
Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels in the United States. While great progress has been …
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€40.95
Gulf Research Program: Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration and Deep Water Environments
Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities. Multiple jurisdictions manage this biogeographically and culturally diverse region, whose moni …
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Gulf Research Program: Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program: Monitoring Ecosystem Restoration and Deep Water Environments
Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities. Multiple jurisdictions manage this biogeographically and culturally diverse region, whose moni …
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€41.01
Gulf Research Program: Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program
There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil …
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Gulf Research Program: Opportunities for the Gulf Research Program
There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil …
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€50.08
National Academy of Engineering: Past Half Century of Engineering–And a Look Forward
Engineering is poised to make an even greater contribution to society in the next half century than it has made in the past half century. At its annual meeting on September 28-29, 2014, the National …
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National Academy of Engineering: Past Half Century of Engineering–And a Look Forward
Engineering is poised to make an even greater contribution to society in the next half century than it has made in the past half century. At its annual meeting on September 28-29, 2014, the National …
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अंग्रेज़ी
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€41.16
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity
Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity
Obesity affects 17 percent of children and adolescents and almost 36 percent of adults in the United States. Conservative estimates suggest that obesity now accounts for almost 20 percent of national …
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€49.54
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Care Systems
The inclusion of genomic data in a knowledge-generating health care system infrastructure is one promising way to harness the full potential of that information to provide better patient care. In suc …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Care Systems
The inclusion of genomic data in a knowledge-generating health care system infrastructure is one promising way to harness the full potential of that information to provide better patient care. In suc …
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€39.88
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth
More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young peo …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth
More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young peo …
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€42.52
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: Opportunities to Promote Children’s Behavioral Health
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the Uni …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Institute of Medicine: Opportunities to Promote Children’s Behavioral Health
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the Uni …
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€46.21
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Using Existing Platforms to Integrate and Coordinate Investments for Children
The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. Howe …
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€3.84
Board on Global Health & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Using Existing Platforms to Integrate and Coordinate Investments for Children
The integration and coordination of health, education, nutrition, social protection, and other services have the potential to improve the lives of children and their caregivers around the world. Howe …
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€49.90
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Health and Medicine Division: Applying an Implementation Science Approach to Genomic Medicine
Although it is becoming increasingly more common for clinicians to use genomic data in their practices for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the process of integrating genomic data into t …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Health and Medicine Division: Applying an Implementation Science Approach to Genomic Medicine
Although it is becoming increasingly more common for clinicians to use genomic data in their practices for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the process of integrating genomic data into t …
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€43.11
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Promises and Perils of Digital Strategies in Achieving Health Equity
Health care is in the midst of a dramatic transformation in the United States. Spurred by technological advances, economic imperatives, and governmental policies, information technologies are rapidly …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Promises and Perils of Digital Strategies in Achieving Health Equity
Health care is in the midst of a dramatic transformation in the United States. Spurred by technological advances, economic imperatives, and governmental policies, information technologies are rapidly …
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National Academy of Engineering & Steve Olson: Grand Challenges for Engineering
Engineering has long gravitated toward great human ambitions: navigation of the oceans, travel to the moon and back, Earth exploration, national security, industrial and agricultural revolutions, com …
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National Academy of Engineering & Steve Olson: Grand Challenges for Engineering
Engineering has long gravitated toward great human ambitions: navigation of the oceans, travel to the moon and back, Earth exploration, national security, industrial and agricultural revolutions, com …
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€28.34
Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Obesity in the Early Childhood Years
Among the many troubling aspects of the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States and elsewhere in recent years, the growth of early childhood overweight and obesity stands out. To explore wh …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Obesity in the Early Childhood Years
Among the many troubling aspects of the rising prevalence of obesity in the United States and elsewhere in recent years, the growth of early childhood overweight and obesity stands out. To explore wh …
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€49.92
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Private Sector as a Catalyst for Health Equity and a Vibrant Economy
A critical component of the nation’s economic vitality is ensuring that all Americans can contribute and prosper. Such contributions presuppose an intentional focus on achieving the highest levels of …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Private Sector as a Catalyst for Health Equity and a Vibrant Economy
A critical component of the nation’s economic vitality is ensuring that all Americans can contribute and prosper. Such contributions presuppose an intentional focus on achieving the highest levels of …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Strategies for Ensuring Diversity, Inclusion, and Meaningful Participation in Clinical Trials
Even as the U.S. population becomes steadily more diverse, minorities and women remain underrepresented in clinical trials to develop new drugs and medical devices. Although progress in increasing mi …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Strategies for Ensuring Diversity, Inclusion, and Meaningful Participation in Clinical Trials
Even as the U.S. population becomes steadily more diverse, minorities and women remain underrepresented in clinical trials to develop new drugs and medical devices. Although progress in increasing mi …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Ensuring Quality and Accessible Care for Children with Disabilities and Complex Health and Educational Needs
Children with disabilities and complex medical and educational needs present a special challenge for policy makers and practitioners. These children exhibit tremendous heterogeneity in their conditio …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Ensuring Quality and Accessible Care for Children with Disabilities and Complex Health and Educational Needs
Children with disabilities and complex medical and educational needs present a special challenge for policy makers and practitioners. These children exhibit tremendous heterogeneity in their conditio …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Health and Medicine Division: Deriving Drug Discovery Value from Large-Scale Genetic Bioresources
The process of discovering and developing a new drug or therapy is extremely costly and time consuming, and recently, it has been estimated that the creation of a new medicine costs on average more t …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Health and Medicine Division: Deriving Drug Discovery Value from Large-Scale Genetic Bioresources
The process of discovering and developing a new drug or therapy is extremely costly and time consuming, and recently, it has been estimated that the creation of a new medicine costs on average more t …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention by Communities to Promote Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health in Children
Communities provide the context in which programs, principles, and policies are implemented. Their needs dictate the kinds of programs that community organizers and advocates, program developers and …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention by Communities to Promote Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health in Children
Communities provide the context in which programs, principles, and policies are implemented. Their needs dictate the kinds of programs that community organizers and advocates, program developers and …
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€46.91
Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment
After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly young children. What are the factors responsible for …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Driving Action and Progress on Obesity Prevention and Treatment
After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly young children. What are the factors responsible for …
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€57.89
Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight
The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2017, titled The Challenge of Treating Obesity and …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight
The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2017, titled The Challenge of Treating Obesity and …
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€62.92
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Training the Future Child Health Care Workforce to Improve the Behavioral Health of Children, Youth, and Families
Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children. However, the adoption of these interventions in the health care s …
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Health and Medicine Division: Training the Future Child Health Care Workforce to Improve the Behavioral Health of Children, Youth, and Families
Increasing numbers of evidence-based interventions have proven effective in preventing and treating behavioral disorders in children. However, the adoption of these interventions in the health care s …
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National Academy of Engineering: Engineering Societies and Undergraduate Engineering Education
Engineering professional societies in the United States are engaged in a wide range of activities involving undergraduate education. However, these activities generally are not coordinated and have n …
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National Academy of Engineering: Engineering Societies and Undergraduate Engineering Education
Engineering professional societies in the United States are engaged in a wide range of activities involving undergraduate education. However, these activities generally are not coordinated and have n …
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National Academy of Sciences: Science of Science Communication III
Successful scientists must be effective communicators within their professions. Without those skills, they could not write papers and funding proposals, give talks and field questions, or teach class …
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National Academy of Sciences: Science of Science Communication III
Successful scientists must be effective communicators within their professions. Without those skills, they could not write papers and funding proposals, give talks and field questions, or teach class …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Achieving Rural Health Equity and Well-Being
Rural counties make up about 80 percent of the land area of the United States, but they contain less than 20 percent of the U.S. population. The relative sparseness of the population in rural areas i …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Achieving Rural Health Equity and Well-Being
Rural counties make up about 80 percent of the land area of the United States, but they contain less than 20 percent of the U.S. population. The relative sparseness of the population in rural areas i …
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National Academy of Engineering & Steering Committee on Preparing the Engineering and Technical Workforce for Adaptability and Resilience to Change: Adaptability of the US Engineering and Technical Workforce
Late last year, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) convened a workshop on Preparing the Engineering and Technical Workforce for Adaptability and Resilience to Change. The workshop springs from …
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National Academy of Engineering & Steering Committee on Preparing the Engineering and Technical Workforce for Adaptability and Resilience to Change: Adaptability of the US Engineering and Technical Workforce
Late last year, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) convened a workshop on Preparing the Engineering and Technical Workforce for Adaptability and Resilience to Change. The workshop springs from …
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Board on Human-Systems Integration & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Human Factors of Process Safety and Worker Empowerment in the Offshore Oil Industry
Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, efforts to improve safety in the offshore oil industry have resulted in the adoption of new technological controls, increased promotion of safe …
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Board on Human-Systems Integration & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Human Factors of Process Safety and Worker Empowerment in the Offshore Oil Industry
Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill, efforts to improve safety in the offshore oil industry have resulted in the adoption of new technological controls, increased promotion of safe …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment
The built environmentthe physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which people live, work, and playunderwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries that …
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Food and Nutrition Board & Health and Medicine Division: Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment
The built environmentthe physical world made up of the homes, buildings, streets, and infrastructure within which people live, work, and playunderwent changes during the 20th and 21st centuries that …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. popul …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health
Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. popul …
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Board on Health Care Services & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People with Serious Mental Illness
Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as the diagnosis of mental illness, the recognition of clinical risk, improving access to care, and coordi …
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Board on Health Care Services & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Improving Care to Prevent Suicide Among People with Serious Mental Illness
Suicide prevention initiatives are part of much broader systems connected to activities such as the diagnosis of mental illness, the recognition of clinical risk, improving access to care, and coordi …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Integrating Oral and General Health Through Health Literacy Practices
Oral health care and medical health care both seek to maintain and enhance human health and well-being. Yet, dentistry and primary care in the United States are largely separated and isolated from ea …
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Committee on Development of an Addendum to the National Science Education Standards on Scientific Inquiry & National Research Council: Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards
Humans, especially children, are naturally curious. Yet, people often balk at the thought of learning sciencethe "eyes glazed over" syndrome. Teachers may find teaching science a major chal …
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National Academy of Sciences & Steve Olson: Evolution in Hawaii
As both individuals and societies, we are making decisions today that will have profound consequences for future generations. From preserving Earth’s plants and animals to altering our use of fossil …
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Board on Biology & Commission on Life Sciences: Shaping the Future
This book brings the concerned individual up-to-date on the breakthroughs and social questions emerging from biology today. Author Steve Olson draws on the latest research in a number of fields as we …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Dean R. Gerstein: Alcohol in America
Alcohol is a killer1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the prob …
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Olson Steve Olson: Mapping Human History
150, 000 years of human existence have passed, and yet what do we really know about our history before the advent of writing? Some of the most momentous events – including our origins, our migrations …
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Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Forced Migration Research
In 2018, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated 70.8 million people could be considered forced migrants, which is nearly double their estimation just one decade ago. This include …
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Steve Olson: The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age
A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb. It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactu …
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Steve Olson: Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens
A riveting history of the Mount St. Helens eruption that will ‘long stand as a classic of descriptive narrative’ (Simon Winchester). For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and …
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National Academy of Engineering: Engineering for Pandemics: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering took place under the most unusual circumstances in the Academy’s 56-year history. In January 2020 the first few cases of a respiratory i …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Effects of Incarceration and Reentry on Community Health and Well-Being
The high rate of incarceration in the United States contributes significantly to the nation’s health inequities, extending beyond those who are imprisoned to families, communities, and the entire soc …
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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice: Implications of the California Wildfires for Health, Communities, and Preparedness
California and other wildfire-prone western states have experienced a substantial increase in the number and intensity of wildfires in recent years. Wildlands and climate experts expect these trends …
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National Academy of Engineering: Engineering Responses to Climate Change
At the forum held during the 2021 annual meeting of the National Academy of Engineering, distinguished engineers gathered virtually to explore the roles that engineers can play in both mitigating and …
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Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Impact of Juvenile Justice System Involvement on the Health and Well-Being of Youth, Families, and Communities of Color
Involvement with the juvenile justice system can impact young people’s physical and mental health and well-being throughout their lives, as well as the health and well-being of their families and com …
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€27.07
Policy and Global Affairs & Engineering, and Medicine National Academies of Sciences: Transforming Research and Higher Education Institutions in the Next 75 Years
On September 22, 2022, the National Academy of Sciences held a symposium entitled Endless Frontier 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years. The event was a follow up to …
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National Academy of Engineering & Program Office: Extraordinary Engineering Impacts on Society
On August 18-19, 2022, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) held a symposium to explore how support of fundamental engineering and engineering education research by the National Science Foundati …
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Policy and Global Affairs & Technology, and Economic Policy Board on Science: Experimental Approaches to Improving Research Funding Programs
On March 14-15, 2023, the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a 2-day workshop in Washington, DC to explore the use …
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