Scientific research

Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population.

Molecular Characterization of Autophagic Responses, Part B presents a collection of methods for the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of virtually all the morphological, biochemical, and functional manifestations of autophagy, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo, in organisms as distant as yeast and man.

Data Analysis for Scientists and Engineers is a modern, graduate-level text on data analysis techniques for physical science and engineering students as well as working scientists and engineers.

The United States is responsible for nearly one-fifth of the world's energy consumption.

This book identifies challenges and opportunities in the development and implementation of software that contain significant statistical content.

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Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "e;The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics.

Following a 2011 report by the National Research Council (NRC) on successful K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Congress asked the National Science Foundation to identify methods for tracking progress toward the report's recommendations.

Crime and Punishment in the Future Internet is an examination of the development and impact of digital frontier technologies (DFTs) such as Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of things, autonomous mobile robots, and blockchain on offending, crime control, the criminal justice system, and the discipline of criminology.

The National Childrens Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on childrens health ever conducted in the United States.

Developing New National Data on Social Mobility summarizes a workshop convened in June 2013 to consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility.

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development.

Information about the characteristics of jobs and the individuals who fill them is valuable for career guidance, reemployment counseling, workforce development, human resource management, and other purposes.

For over 100 years, the evolution of modern survey methodologyusing the theory of representative sampling to make interferences from a part of the population to the wholehas been paralleled by a drive toward automation, harnessing technology and computerization to make parts of the survey process easier, faster, and better.

Discover the stories behind Jane Goodall's visionary approach to community-led conservation.

This book completes a scientific life trilogy of books following on from the Hows (i.

The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods has a broad charge to review the early planning process for the 2010 census.

Gel Electrophoresis of Proteins focuses on the techniques, methodologies, reactions, and approaches involved in gel electrophoresis of proteins.

Competition policy-encompassing cartels, monopolies, mergers and state aid-is a hallmark of the European Union (EU).

In unvernünftigen Zeiten ist Richard Dawkins' unnachgiebiges Plädoyer für die Vernunft aktueller und dringender denn je.

This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional and policy changes in the patent system made over the past two decades.

With the 1989 release of Everybody Counts by the Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) of the National Research Council and the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the "e;standards movement"e; in K-12 education was launched.

Planning for the 2020 census is already beginning.

EEG-Based Experiment Design for Major Depressive Disorder: Machine Learning and Psychiatric Diagnosis introduces EEG-based machine learning solutions for diagnosis and assessment of treatment efficacy for a variety of conditions.

This book investigates the ways in which the mobile telephone has transformed societies around the world, bringing both opportunities and challenges.

Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-scale household surveys.

GIS for Science presents a collection of real-world stories about modern science and a cadre of scientists who use mapping and spatial analytics to expand their understanding of the world.

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The Society Security disability program faces urgent challenges: more people receiving benefits than ever before, the prospect of even more claimants as baby boomers age, changing attitudes culminating in the Americans With Disabilities Act.

This book presents guidelines for the development and evaluation of statistical software designed to ensure minimum acceptable statistical functionality as well as ease of interpretation and use.

This book uncovers the many ways in which innovations and innovation system development policies have become crucial to development policy formation across Africa.

Publicly available statistics from government agencies that are credible, relevant, accurate, and timely are essential for policy makers, individuals, households, businesses, academic institutions, and other organizations to make informed decisions.

A unique take on how to survive and thrive in the process your PhD, this is a book that stands out from the crowd of traditional PhD guides.

Experts believe that self-driving cars will be much safer than conventional cars.

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The absence of water supply infrastructure is a critical issue that affects the sustainability of cities in the developing world and the quality of life of millions of people living in these cities.

In the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand.

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An der Universität Princeton war er als Forschungskoordinator des Labors für technische Anomalien für alles zuständig, was sich die Wissenschaft nicht erklären konnte.

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development.

The mathematical sciences are part of nearly all aspects of everyday lifethe discipline has underpinned such beneficial modern capabilities as Internet search, medical imaging, computer animation, numerical weather predictions, and all types of digital communications.

In March 2008, the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies held a workshop to assist the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with next steps as it develops plans to produce a satellite health care account.

Better posters mean better research.

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In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend improved methods, and to guide the Census Bureau on technical problems in appraising contending methods with regard to the conduct of the decennial census.

This book offers a social, political, and aesthetic critique of transhumanism and of the accelerating growth of scientific knowledge generally.

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) communicates its science and engineering (S&E) information to data users in a very fluid environment that is undergoing modernization at a pace at which data producer dissemination practices, protocols, and technologies, on one hand, and user demands and capabilities, on the other, are changing faster than the agency has been able to accommodate.

This book is an everything-included approach to understanding drones, creating an organization around using unmanned aircraft, and outlining the process of safety to protect that program.