@BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering", title = "Technology for a Quieter America", isbn = "978-0-309-15632-5", abstract = "Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans. At times noise can be loud enough to damage hearing, and at lower levels it can disrupt normal living, affect sleep patterns, affect our ability to concentrate at work, interfere with outdoor recreational activities, and, in some cases, interfere with communications and even cause accidents. Clearly, exposure to excessive noise can affect our quality of life. \n\nAs the population of the United States and, indeed, the world increases and developing countries become more industrialized, problems of noise are likely to become more pervasive and lower the quality of life for everyone. Efforts to manage noise exposures, to design quieter buildings, products, equipment, and transportation vehicles, and to provide a regulatory environment that facilitates adequate, cost-effective, sustainable noise controls require our immediate attention. \n\nTechnology for a Quieter America looks at the most commonly identified sources of noise, how they are characterized, and efforts that have been made to reduce noise emissions and experiences. The book also reviews the standards and regulations that govern noise levels and the federal, state, and local agencies that regulate noise for the benefit, safety, and wellness of society at large. In addition, it presents the cost-benefit trade-offs between efforts to mitigate noise and the improvements they achieve, information sources available to the public on the dimensions of noise problems and their mitigation, and the need to educate professionals who can deal with these issues. \n\nNoise emissions are an issue in industry, in communities, in buildings, and during leisure activities. As such, Technology for a Quieter America will appeal to a wide range of stakeholders: the engineering community; the public; government at the federal, state, and local levels; private industry; labor unions; and nonprofit organizations. Implementation of the recommendations in Technology for a Quieter America will result in reduction of the noise levels to which Americans are exposed and will improve the ability of American industry to compete in world markets paying increasing attention to the noise emissions of products.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12928/technology-for-a-quieter-america", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition -- Tamil Version", abstract = "This report is the Tamil translation of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition.\nA respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific information on common laboratory animals, including aquatic species, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use:\n\n Key concepts of animal care and use. The Guide sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals.\n Animal care and use program. The Guide discusses the concept of a broad Program of Animal Care and Use, including roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Official, Attending Veterinarian and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.\n Animal environment, husbandry, and management. A chapter on this topic is now divided into sections on terrestrial and aquatic animals and provides recommendations for housing and environment, husbandry, behavioral and population management, and more.\n Veterinary care. The Guide discusses veterinary care and the responsibilities of the Attending Veterinarian. It includes recommendations on animal procurement and transportation, preventive medicine (including animal biosecurity), and clinical care and management. The Guide addresses distress and pain recognition and relief, and issues surrounding euthanasia.\n Physical plant. The Guide identifies design issues, providing construction guidelines for functional areas; considerations such as drainage, vibration and noise control, and environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs.\n\nThe Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities. This updated and expanded resource of proven value will be important to scientists and researchers, veterinarians, animal care personnel, facilities managers, institutional administrators, policy makers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25801/guide-for-the-care-and-use-of-laboratory-animals-eighth", year = 2020, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Friction Control Methods Used by the Transit Industry", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 71 Volume 4, Track-Related Research: Friction Control Methods Used by the Transit Industry examines a variety of onboard and wayside friction control applications used in a transit environment to reduce noise, reduce wheel and rail wear, control truck steering forces, and reduce train energy. The report includes descriptions and appropriate uses for these applications, and offers suggestions for selecting various types of friction control technologies.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23309/friction-control-methods-used-by-the-transit-industry", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition -- Thai Version", abstract = "This report is the Thai translation of Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition.\nA respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific information on common laboratory animals, including aquatic species, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use:\n\n Key concepts of animal care and use. The Guide sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals.\n Animal care and use program. The Guide discusses the concept of a broad Program of Animal Care and Use, including roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Official, Attending Veterinarian and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.\n Animal environment, husbandry, and management. A chapter on this topic is now divided into sections on terrestrial and aquatic animals and provides recommendations for housing and environment, husbandry, behavioral and population management, and more.\n Veterinary care. The Guide discusses veterinary care and the responsibilities of the Attending Veterinarian. It includes recommendations on animal procurement and transportation, preventive medicine (including animal biosecurity), and clinical care and management. The Guide addresses distress and pain recognition and relief, and issues surrounding euthanasia.\n Physical plant. The Guide identifies design issues, providing construction guidelines for functional areas; considerations such as drainage, vibration and noise control, and environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs.\n\nThe Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities. This updated and expanded resource of proven value will be important to scientists and researchers, veterinarians, animal care personnel, facilities managers, institutional administrators, policy makers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18952/guide-for-the-care-and-use-of-laboratory-animals-eighth", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Noise Control in Buildings", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21391/noise-control-in-buildings", year = 1959, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. and Track Guy Consultants and Ihrig and Associates Wilson, Inc.", title = "Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit, Second Edition", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 155: Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit, Second Edition provides guidelines and descriptions for the design of various common types of light rail transit (LRT) track.The track structure types include ballasted track, direct fixation (\u201cballastless\u201d) track, and embedded track.The report considers the characteristics and interfaces of vehicle wheels and rail, tracks and wheel gauges, rail sections, alignments, speeds, and track moduli.The report includes chapters on vehicles, alignment, track structures, track components, special track work, aerial structures\/bridges, corrosion control, noise and vibration, signals, traction power, and the integration of LRT track into urban streets.A PowerPoint presentation describing the entire project is available online.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22800/track-design-handbook-for-light-rail-transit-second-edition", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition", isbn = "978-0-309-15400-0", abstract = "A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide incorporates new scientific information on common laboratory animals, including aquatic species, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use:\n\n Key concepts of animal care and use. The Guide sets the framework for the humane care and use of laboratory animals.\n Animal care and use program. The Guide discusses the concept of a broad Program of Animal Care and Use, including roles and responsibilities of the Institutional Official, Attending Veterinarian and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.\n Animal environment, husbandry, and management. A chapter on this topic is now divided into sections on terrestrial and aquatic animals and provides recommendations for housing and environment, husbandry, behavioral and population management, and more.\n Veterinary care. The Guide discusses veterinary care and the responsibilities of the Attending Veterinarian. It includes recommendations on animal procurement and transportation, preventive medicine (including animal biosecurity), and clinical care and management. The Guide addresses distress and pain recognition and relief, and issues surrounding euthanasia.\n Physical plant. The Guide identifies design issues, providing construction guidelines for functional areas; considerations such as drainage, vibration and noise control, and environmental monitoring; and specialized facilities for animal housing and research needs.\n\nThe Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities. This updated and expanded resource of proven value will be important to scientists and researchers, veterinarians, animal care personnel, facilities managers, institutional administrators, policy makers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12910/guide-for-the-care-and-use-of-laboratory-animals-eighth", year = 2011, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Engineering", editor = "Proctor Reid and Steve Olson", title = "Protecting National Park Soundscapes", isbn = "978-0-309-28542-1", abstract = "America's national parks provide a wealth of experiences to millions of people every year. What visitors see\u2014landscapes, wildlife, cultural activities\u2014often lingers in memory for life. And what they hear adds a dimension that sight alone cannot provide. Natural sounds can dramatically enhance visitors' experience of many aspects of park environments. In some settings, such as the expanses of Yellowstone National Park, they can even be the best way to enjoy wildlife, because animals can be heard at much greater distances than they can be seen. Sounds can also be a natural complement to natural scenes, whether the rush of water over a rocky streambed or a ranger's explanation of a park's history. In other settings, such as the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, sounds are the main reason for visiting a park.\nThe acoustical environment is also important to the well-being of the parks themselves. Many species of wildlife depend on their hearing to find prey or avoid predators. If they cannot hear, their survival is jeopardized\u2014and the parks where they live may in turn lose part of their natural heritage. For all these reasons it is important to be aware of noise (defined as unwanted sound, and in this case usually generated by humans or machinery), which can degrade the acoustical environment, or soundscape, of parks. Just as smog smudges the visual horizon, noise obscures the listening horizon for both visitors and wildlife. This is especially true in places, such as remote wilderness areas, where extremely low sound levels are common. The National Park Service (NPS) has determined that park facilities, operations, and maintenance activities produce a substantial portion of noise in national parks and thus recognizes the need to provide park managers with guidance for protecting the natural soundscape from such noise. Therefore, the focus of the workshop was to define what park managers can do to control noise from facilities, operations, and maintenance, and not on issues such as the effects of noise on wildlife, noise metrics, and related topics.\nTo aid in this effort, NPS joined with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and with the US Department of Transportation's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to hold a workshop to examine the challenges and opportunities facing the nation's array of parks. Entitled \"Protecting National Park Soundscapes: Best Available Technologies and Practices for Reducing Park- Generated Noise,\" the workshop took place October 3-4, 2012, at NPS's Natural Resource Program Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Protecting National Park Soundscapes is a summary of the workshop.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18336/protecting-national-park-soundscapes", year = 2013, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Annotated Literature Review for NCHRP Report 640", abstract = "TRB\u2019s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 138: Annotated Literature Review for NCHRP Report 640 includes summaries of various items that were found in the literature review associated with the production of NCHRP Report 640: Performance and Maintenance of Permeable Friction Courses. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23001/annotated-literature-review-for-nchrp-report-640", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Building Illumination: The Effect of New Lighting Levels", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/20799/building-illumination-the-effect-of-new-lighting-levels", year = 1959, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine and National Research Council", title = "Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health", isbn = "978-0-309-10274-2", abstract = "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (U.S. Congress, 1970). Today the agency is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIOSH is charged with the responsibility to \"conduct . . . research, experiments, and demonstrations relating to occupational safety and health\" and to develop \"innovative methods, techniques, and approaches for dealing with [those] problems\" (U.S. Congress, 1970). Its research targets include identifying criteria for use in setting worker exposure standards and exploring new problems that may arise in the workplace. Prevention of occupational hearing loss has been part of the NIOSH research portfolio from the time the agency was established. A principal cause of occupational hearing loss is the cumulative effect of years of exposure to hazardous noise. Exposure to certain chemicals with or without concomitant noise exposure may also contribute to occupational hearing loss. Hearing loss may impede communication in the workplace and contribute to safety hazards. Occupationally acquired hearing loss may also have an adverse effect on workers' lives beyond the workplace. No medical means are currently available to prevent or reverse it, although hearing aids are widely used and research on other treatments is ongoing. Occupational hearing loss is a serious concern, although the number of workers affected is uncertain.\n\nIn September 2004, NIOSH requested that the National Academies conduct reviews of as many as 15 NIOSH programs with respect to the impact and relevance of their work in reducing workplace injury and illness and to identify future directions that their work might take. The Hearing Loss Research Program was selected by NIOSH as one of the first two programs to be reviewed.\n\nHearing Loss Research at NIOSH examines the following issues for the Hearing Loss Research Program: (1) Progress in reducing workplace illness and injuries through occupational safety and health research, assessed on the basis of an analysis of relevant data about workplace illnesses and injuries and an evaluation of the effect that NIOSH research has had in reducing illness and injuries, (2) Progress in targeting new research to the areas of occupational safety and health most relevant to future improvements in workplace protection, and (3) Significant emerging research areas that appear especially important in terms of their relevance to the mission of NIOSH.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11721/hearing-loss-research-at-niosh-reviews-of-research-programs-of", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "Community Response to High-Energy Impulsive Sounds: An Assessment of the Field Since 1981", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9135/community-response-to-high-energy-impulsive-sounds-an-assessment-of", year = 1996, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Compilation of Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 16: Compilation of Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65 explores alternative actions currently used by airports to address noise outside the DNL (Day\u2013Night Average Noise Level) 65 contour.An ACRP Impacts on Practice related to ACRP Synthesis 16 is available online.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14271/compilation-of-noise-programs-in-areas-outside-dnl-65", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals", abstract = "A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been revised by a committee of experts, based on input from scientists and the public. The Guide incorporates recent research on commonly used species, including farm animals, and includes extensive references. It is organized around major components of animal use:\n\n Institutional policies and responsibilities. The committee discusses areas that require policy attention: the role and function of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, protocols for animal care and use, occupational health and safety, personnel qualifications, and other areas.\n Animal environment, husbandry, and management. The committee offers guidelines on how to design and run a management program, addressing environment, nutrition, sanitation, behavioral and social issues, genetics, nomenclature, and more.\n Veterinary care. The committee discusses animal procurement and transportation, disease and preventive medicine, and surgery. The Guide addresses pain recognition and relief and issues surrounding euthanasia.\n Physical plant. The committee identifies design and construction issues, providing guidelines for animal-room doors, drainage, noise control, surgery, and other areas.\n\nThe Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals provides a framework for the judgments required in the management of animal facilities\u2014a resource of proven value, now updated and expanded. This revision will be important to researchers, animal care technicians, facilities managers, administrators at research institutions, policymakers involved in research issues, and animal welfare advocates.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5140/guide-for-the-care-and-use-of-laboratory-animals", year = 1996, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Wilson Ihrig", title = "Improving Intelligibility of Airport Terminal Public Address Systems", abstract = "TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 175: Improving Intelligibility of Airport Terminal Public Address Systems provides design guidelines to improve public address systems for all types and sizes of airport terminal environments. The guidelines include a summary of data on public address systems, terminal finishes and background noise levels in a variety of airport terminals, identification of acoustical shortcomings, and the results of impacts on existing public address systems. The report provides options for enhancing intelligibility in existing airport terminals as well as ensuring intelligibility in new terminal designs.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24839/improving-intelligibility-of-airport-terminal-public-address-systems", year = 2017, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Case Studies on Community Challenges to Airport Development", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Legal Research Digest 9: Case Studies on Community Challenges to Airport Development explores judicial decisions related to challenges to airport expansion and development. The report examines the basis, defense strategies, and outcomes of cases, as well as the results of a survey of airports regarding litigation strategies.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22952/case-studies-on-community-challenges-to-airport-development", year = 2010, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Vincent Mestre and Sanford Fidell and Richard D. Horonjeff and Paul Schomer and Aaron Hastings and Barbara G. Tabachnick and Fredric A. Schmitz", title = "Assessing Community Annoyance of Helicopter Noise", abstract = "TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 181: Assessing Community Annoyance of Helicopter Noise describes a protocol for conducting a large-scale community survey to quantify annoyance due to civil helicopter noise and presents the results of a test of the protocol which also helped improve understanding of the roles of acoustic and non-acoustic factors that influence community annoyance to civil helicopter noise. The report provides a better understanding of the factors affecting community annoyance with helicopter noise and possible differences between helicopter noise impacts and fixed-wing aircraft noise impacts.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24948/assessing-community-annoyance-of-helicopter-noise", year = 2017, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Responsibility for Implementation and Enforcement of Airport Land-Use Zoning Restrictions", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Legal Research Digest 5: Responsibility for Implementation and Enforcement of Airport Land-Use Zoning Restrictions explores federal, state, regional, and local laws and regulations pertaining to aviation land use and zoning, and identifies the primary responsibilities of each relevant legal body and how this responsibility is communicated and enforced.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23052/responsibility-for-implementation-and-enforcement-of-airport-land-use-zoning-restrictions", year = 2009, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Jennifer S. Shane and Amr Kandil and Clifford J. Schexnayder", title = "A Guidebook for Nighttime Construction: Impacts on Safety, Quality, and Productivity", abstract = "TRB\u2019s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 726: A Guidebook for Nighttime Construction: Impacts on Safety, Quality, and Productivity provides suggested guidance on the conduct of nighttime highway construction and maintenance operations.These guidelines are based on best practices and strategies for nighttime operations that relate to the safety of workers and the traveling public as well as the quality of the as-built facility. The guide also addresses work-zone risk analysis planning and implementation, construction nuisances to both neighbors and workers, and work-zone illumination methods.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22723/a-guidebook-for-nighttime-construction-impacts-on-safety-quality-and-productivity", year = 2012, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Report on Human Response to the Sonic Boom", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18775/report-on-human-response-to-the-sonic-boom", year = 1968, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }