Bøger af National Academy of Sciences

"Rpt. no. 2, Reviews of research programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health"--T.p. verso.

One of the key recommendations of the joint IOM and NRC book, "From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition", is that patients completing their primary treatment for cancer be given a summary of their treatment and a comprehensive plan for follow-up. This book answers practical questions about how this 'Survivorship Care Plan'.

Provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honeybee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. This book outlines priorities for research and monitoring useful to improve information on the status of pollinators.

Preventing HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High Risk Countries:

The Clean Air Act established a pair of programs - known as New Source Review (NSR) - that regulate large stationary sources of air pollution, such as factories and electricity-generating facilities. This book provides insights into potential effects of the rule changes on national emissions from electric power industry.

Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Provides an examination of telecommunications research support levels, focus, time horizon in industry, an assessment of university telecommunications research, and the implications of these findings on the health of the sector. This book also includes recommendations for enhancing US telecommunications and research efforts.

As part of the Physics 2010 decadal survey project, the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation requested that National Research Council assess opportunities in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) science and technology. This book discusses both the roles and challenges for AMO science in instrumentation.

The National Weather Service can take a leading role in the transition to widespread, effective incorporation of uncertainty information into predictions. This book makes recommendations to the National Weather Service and the broader prediction community on how to make this transition.

ICT Fluency and High Schools: A Workshop Summary

Addresses the topic of quality of health care in America. This book evaluates specific policy approaches within the context of improving operational framework of health care system. It offers options for implementing payment incentives to provide value for America's health care investments.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis and Assessment (2006)

Examines a number of gene-environment interactions and reviews state of the science in researching such interactions. This book recommends priorities not only for research itself but also for its workforce, resource, and infrastructural needs.

Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu

Examines the operational structure of EMS by presenting an analysis of the organization, delivery, and financing of these types of services and systems. This book is helpful for emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.

Addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources.

Examines the challenges associated with the provision of emergency services to children and families and evaluates its progress. This book will be helpful for emergency health care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the pediatric deficiencies within their emergency care systems.

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This book presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, and stomach cancers.

Assesses the problem with respect to the causes and outcomes of preterm birth. This book addresses the need for research involving clinical, basic, behavioral, and social science disciplines. It also addresses the health and economic consequences of premature birth.

Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure (2006)

Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel

Emphasizes five actions to provide prisoners involved in research with protections: expand the definition of 'prisoner'; ensure standards of protection; shift from a category-based to a risk-benefit approach to research review; update the framework to include collaborative responsibility; and, enhance the oversight of research involving prisoners.

Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly. This book presents an analysis that explores topics such as: improving awareness among the general public and health care professionals; and increasing investment in interdisciplinary somnology and sleep medicine research training and mentoring activities.