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Certifiably Sustainable?: The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems: Report of a Workshop
Committee on Certification of Sustainable Products and ServicesCurrent price €48.44Original price €50.99Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than ...
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Toward Better Usability, Security, and Privacy of Information Technology: Report of a Workshop
and Privacy of Computer SystemsCurrent price €28.49Original price €29.99Despite many advances, security and privacy often remain too complex for individuals or enterprises to manage effectively or to use conveniently. S...
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Exploring and Engaging Spirituality for Today''s Children
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Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €56.69Original price €62.99The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating com...
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Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children''s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary
AffectiveCurrent price €39.55Original price €42.99Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavio...
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Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders: A Workshop Summary
Board on Science EducationCurrent price €36.79Original price €39.99Climate change poses challenges as well as opportunities for businesses and, broadly speaking for the entire economy. Businesses will be challenged...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 14
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €56.99Original price €59.99Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accid...
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Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
Board on Chemical Sciences and TechnologyCurrent price €41.35Original price €46.99The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilit...
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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €54.14Original price €56.99Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades...
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Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures: Workshop Reports
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic ProceduresCurrent price €37.99Original price €39.99The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 11
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €48.44Original price €50.99At the request of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council has reviewed the relevant scient...
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Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies
Board on Earth and Sciences and ResourcesCurrent price €61.74Original price €64.99In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal ene...
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NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities: Restoring NASA''s Technological Edge and Paving the Way for a New Era in Space
Aeronautics and Space Engineering BoardCurrent price €39.89Original price €41.99NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist (OCT) has begun to rebuild the advanced space technology program in the agency with plans laid out in 14 dr...
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Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military Aircraft, Vessels, and Vehicles
Committee on Benchmarking the Technology and Application of LightweightingCurrent price €44.64Original price €46.99Lightweighting is a concept well known to structural designers and engineers in all applications areas, from laptops to bicycles to automobiles to ...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 10
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €64.59Original price €67.99Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs)² can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents invo...
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Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change
Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed EnvironmentCurrent price €38.63Original price €41.99The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor envi...
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Electricity from Renewable Resources: Status, Prospects, and Impediments
America's Energy Future Panel on Electricity from Renewable ResourcesCurrent price €62.99Original price €69.99A component in the America's Energy Future study, Electricity from Renewable Resources examines the technical potential for electric power generati...
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