National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemi
The field of quantum information science (QIS) has witnessed a dramatic rise in scientific research activities in the 21st century as excitement has grown about its potential to revolutionize communications and computing, strengthen encryption, and e...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Identifying New or Improved Diagnostic or Evaluative Techniques
The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to adults and children who meet the eligibility requirements for a disability as described in Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act. To determine whether more accurate or pr...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Identifying Disabling Medical Conditions Likely to Improve with Treatment
The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. SSDI provides disability benefits to peop...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Geographical Sciences Committee, Committee on Identifying Transformative Research in the Geo
The central purpose of all research is to create new knowledge. In the geographical sciences this is driven by a desire to create new knowledge about the relations between space, place, and the anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic features and proces...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Strategies for Identifying and Addressing Potential
Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. Synthetic biology, which collectively refers to concepts, approaches, and tools t...Loe edasi...
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Committee on Improving Higher Education's Responsiveness to STEM Workforce Needs: Identifying Analyti
U.S. strength in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines has formed the basis of innovations, technologies, and industries that have spurred the nations economic growth throughout the last 150 years. Universities are es...Loe edasi...
National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase I
SMART Vaccines - Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines - is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform choices among candidates for new vaccine devel...Loe edasi...
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase II, Lonnie King, Rose Marie Martinez, Rino Rappuoli
Extends the proof-of-concept presented in the Phase I report, which was based on multi-attribute utility theory. This title refines a beta version of the model developed in the Phase I report and presents its next iteration, Smart Vaccines 1.0. It d...Loe edasi...
Institute of Medicine, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Lonnie King, Rose Marie Martinez, Tracy Lieu, Dennis Fryback-;
As a number of diseases emerge or reemerge thus stimulating new vaccine development opportunities to help prevent those diseases, it can be especially difficult for decision makers to know where to invest their limited resources. Therefore, it is in...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Committee on Identifying the N
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Aug-2009, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309131353)
This report describes the work of the National Academy of Sciences committee project, Identifying the Needs of the Forensic Science Community, which met eight times in 2008. The report provides a detailed plan for addressing the current and future...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Committee on Identifying the N
Provides a plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community....Loe edasi...
Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services, Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Linda R. Cronenwett, J. Lyle Bootman, Julie Wolcott, Philip Aspden
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jan-2007, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309101479)
Based on a study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, this report considers the problem of medication errors and suggests how the incidence of these mistakes--costly in terms of both dollars and human lives--may be reduced. The study addressed the...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Bridges to Independence: Identifying Opportunities for and Challenges to Fostering the Independence of Young Investigators in the Life Sciences
A rising median age at which PhDs receive their first research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is among the factors forcing academic biomedical researchers to spend longer periods of time before they can set their own research dir...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences
This is the report of The Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health, convened by the National Academies and charged with focusing on mechanisms by which unintended changes in the biochem...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences-;
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Jul-2004, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309386609)
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Assists policymakers in evaluating the appropriate scientific methods for detecting unintended changes in food and assessing the potential for adverse health effects from genetically modified products. In this book, the committee recommended th...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Karen Adams, Janet M. Corrigan
Part of the same initiative of the Institute of Medicine that resulted in two earlier reports on the quality of health care in the United States, titled To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm , builds on that earlier work by attempting to...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying Priority Areas for Quality Improvement, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, Janet M. Corrigan, Karen Adams
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Mar-2003, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309386951)
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A new release in the Quality Chasm Series, Priority Areas for National Action recommends a set of 20 priority areas that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other groups in the public and private sectors should focus on to impr...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Geography, Committee on Identifying Data Needs for Place-Based Decision Making
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Aug-2002, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309082600)
Discusses concepts that undergird community life and offers recommendations for collaborative planning across space and time. This book explores livability as an ensemble concept, embracing notions such as quality of place and sustainability. It exa...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans' Health Problems, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Bernard M. Rosof, Lyla M. Hernandez, Institute of Medicine
The committees findings on Gulf War veterans health problems are presented in this report, which discusses approaches for assessing treatment effectiveness, identifies illnesses and conditions among veterans of the Gulf War, and describes validated...Loe edasi...
Committee on Identifying Effective Treatments for Gulf War Veterans' Health Problems, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, Bernard M. Rosof, Lyla M. Hernandez
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Aug-2001, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309384100)
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Ten years after the end of the Gulf War, questions continue to be raised about the health of U.S. service personnel who fought in that war. A primary concern is whether Gulf War veterans are receiving effective treatments for their health probl...Loe edasi...
