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epub |eng | 2012-12-17 | Author:Committee on the Assessment of the National Weather Service’s Modernization Program

ADVISORY GROUPS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS Lesson 6 of the Committee’s first report was that the various scientific and technical reports from independent advisory bodies were of substantial help to the ...
( Category: Earth Sciences September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-25 | Author:National Research Council

References Alasset, P. J., V. Poncos, V. Singhroy, and R. Couture. 2008. InSAR Monitoring of Permafrost Activity in the Lower Mackenzie Valley, Canada. Presented at 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and ...
( Category: Engineering September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-27 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Difficulty of Resolving the Culture Differences Dillman notes that government statistical agencies, such as the Census Bureau, are highly complex organizations with many different tasks.1 Not only are there several ...
( Category: Mathematics September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-04-28 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

TU 1: Reduce Tobacco Use by Adults According to the American Lung Association (2010), annual smoking prevalence declined by more than 50 percent between 1965 and 2008. Despite that decline, ...
( Category: Medicine September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-09-15 | Author:Molloy, Johnny;

MILESTONES 1 0.0 Limberlost Trail Parking Area 2 0.4 Crescent Rock Trail leaves right 3 0.9 Bisect Whiteoak Canyon Trail 4 1.0 Right on Old Rag Fire Road 5 1.6 ...
( Category: Parks & Campgrounds September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-14 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

SUSTAINABILITY AS A POINT OF DIFFERENTIATION K.C. Boyce, Deputy Executive Director, Membership and Regional Impact, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, discussed how progress toward sustainability might be measured in the region. ...
( Category: Science & Math September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-02-15 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

NUTRIENT CRITERIA AND TMDLS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER None of the 10 Mississippi River mainstem states currently have numeric criteria for nitrogen or phosphorus applicable to the river (listings in ...
( Category: Sustainable Agriculture September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2009-05-08 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

Simulations of Marine Turbulence and Surface Waves: Potential Impacts of Petascale Technology Peter P. Sullivan* *University Corporation of Atmospheric Research PETASCALE COMPUTING Large scale parallel computing is a potential boon ...
( Category: Nature & Ecology September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-06-20 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

4 Standards for Synthesizing the Body of Evidence Abstract: This chapter addresses the qualitative and quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis) of the body of evidence. The committee recommends four related standards. The ...
( Category: Health Policy September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-01-25 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Reduce Access to Lethal Means The lethality of interpersonal, self-directed, and collective violence is affected by the means people use to carry out this violence. Reducing access to these lethal ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-06-23 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Program Challenges The work that the Cherokee Nation does is very important, but it is just beginning. It has not reached its full potential for long-lasting change. The programs have ...
( Category: Medical eBooks September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-18 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

BOX B.1 The Detailed Nature of Match Criteria—An Illustration As an illustration of the detail with which match criteria must be specified, consider the following criteria taken from the consent ...
( Category: Business & Money September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-05-08 | Author:The National Academies

Day 2: Restructuring Work and Leisure On the second day the group returned to an issue they had touched on during the first day: work and retirement. “We know the ...
( Category: Geriatrics September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-07-07 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF RANDOMIZED EVALUATIONS IN IMPACT EVALUATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING DG PROJECTS) Randomized designs have a high degree of internal validity. By permitting a comparison of ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
epub |eng | 2008-05-21 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

* Planned for implementation in 2007. NOTE: CATI, computer-assisted telephone interviewing. CAPI, computer-assisted personal interviewing. 4–B ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURRENT DESIGN IN THE LONG TERM Tables 4-2 and 4-3 present ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )