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epub |eng | 2006-09-19 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Nothing makes Greens—radical environmentalists—turn an angry red faster than invoking the word Alar to epitomize bogus environmental scares and imply that a current one is equally phony. Manufactured by Uniroyal ...
( Category: Medical eBooks September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Vijay Prashad

ARUSHA In 1967, the Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere dropped a bombshell in a nondescript town that functioned as the gateway to eastern Africa’s most spectacular natural phenomenon. Founded in 1900 ...
( Category: Globalization September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-02-28 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Interpreting Scientific Progress The extent to which particular scientific results constitute progress in knowledge or contribute to societal well-being is often contested. This is especially the case when scientific findings ...
( Category: Medicine September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-04-12 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Advocacy group participation would help protect particularly vulnerable patient populations, such as young children and the elderly. More than twice as many prescriptions were filled for those 65 and older ...
( Category: Medical eBooks September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-06-01 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

These three points have important implications for water management decisions for the Colorado River basin and are revisited in the Commentary section at the end of this chapter. FIGURE 3-6 ...
( Category: Engineering & Transportation September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-04-02 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Figure 2-12 is an example of one algorithm for managing older patients with cancer. Unfortunately, the initial construct separates patients into frail or nonfrail. The frail will get palliation, but ...
( Category: Medicine & Health Sciences September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-03-09 | Author:The National Academies

Structural Tissue Interfaces: Enabling and Enhancing Continual Maintenance and Adaptation to Mechanical and Biologic Factors TASK GROUP DESCRIPTION Background Successful implantation of devices that employ a direct structural interface with ...
( Category: Medical eBooks September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-07-03 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

There was much discussion about how cost models could be used in surveys. Most participants believe they might have limited utility or accuracy since most missions are far short of ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-10-02 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

• Biological-Chemical Redirection Program (BCR): This program provides funding to USDA, DHHS, and EPA for programs listed separately below: As the U.S. government focused on redirection of former Soviet biological ...
( Category: other September 2,2023 )
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( Category: other September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-11-07 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Role of the Reinterview in Data Accuracy The panel considers the control and measurement of data accuracy to be major issues for the ARMS data, especially for the cost-of-production and ...
( Category: Science & Math September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2007-12-07 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Current technologies necessitate a trade-off between enhanced filtration and physiologic burden to the wearer, particularly if the respirator has to be worn for extended periods of time. It has been ...
( Category: Medicine September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2004-12-23 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

FIGURE 7.2 Schematic representation of the beam power loss integration. The varied intensity of the yellow color signifies the fact that more power is concentrated near the beam axis. SOURCE: ...
( Category: Science & Math September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2005-04-06 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

CAPACITY Kristine Gebbie, R.N., Dr.P.H. Public health capacity depends upon the infrastructure, which includes data and information about the population; laws, organizational structures, and interorganizational relationships; and a workforce that ...
( Category: Medical eBooks September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2005-04-22 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

According to the report, the pilots' attention became too focused on flying the Predator in icing and weather conditions they had rarely encountered. The report also cites lack of communication ...
( Category: Business & Money September 2,2023 )