@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Mark R. Wilson and Meryl W. Bertenthal", title = "Systems for State Science Assessment", isbn = "978-0-309-09662-1", abstract = "In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Systems for State Science Assessment explores the ideas and\ntools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level. This\nbook provides a detailed examination of K-12 science assessment: looking\nspecifically at what should be measured and how to measure it.\n\nAlong with reading and mathematics, the testing of science is a key\ncomponent of NCLB\u2014it is part of the national effort to establish challenging\nacademic content standards and develop the tools to measure student\nprogress toward higher achievement. The book will be a critical resource\nfor states that are designing and implementing science assessments to\nmeet the 2007-2008 requirements of NCLB.\n\nIn addition to offering important information for states, Systems for State Science Assessment provides policy makers,\nlocal schools, teachers, scientists, and parents with a broad view of the role\nof testing and assessment in science education.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11312/systems-for-state-science-assessment", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP editor = "Jordan D. Brown", title = "Robo World: The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia Breazeal", isbn = "978-0-309-09556-3", abstract = "Cynthia Breazeal is a creature creator. Armed with electronic gadgets, software programs, and her endless imagination, she creates lifelike machines that can respond to the world around them. Cynthia Breazeal is a roboticist, a scientist who designs, builds, and experiments with robots. As a child, she relied on movies to see robots in action. Now robots are part of her daily life at the MIT Media Lab. There, she and her students use their computer science and engineering skills to work on marvels like Leonardo, a robot that interacts with people in ways that seem almost human. Cynthia's other world-famous projects include Kismet, an emotionally intelligent robot that smiles, frowns, and babbles like a baby. Why create robots like these? Cynthia can picture a future where sociable robots exist to benefit people. She works hard every day to turn that dream into a reality. Firsthand accounts from Cynthia and from those who know her best combine to tell the inspiring story of a curious, sports-loving girl who went on to become a worldclass roboticist. Robo World is also a Captivating story of high-tech invention where the stuff of science fiction becomes real in today's labs.\nThis title aligns to Common Core standards:\nInterest Level Grades 6 - 8; Reading Level Grade level Equivalent: 7.1: Lexile Measure: 1080L; DRA: Not Available; Guided Reading: Z", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11552/robo-world-the-story-of-robot-designer-cynthia-breazeal", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Innovative Techniques in the Planning and Financing of Public Transportation Projects", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 77: Innovative Techniques in the Planning and Financing of Public Transportation Projects provides an overview of the study mission performed October 20\u2013November 5, 2005, that investigated innovative techniques in the planning and financing of public transportation projects in Spain, Denmark, the People\u2019s Republic of China, and Japan. The mission was performed under the International Transit Studies Program, which is part of TCRP.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23256/innovative-techniques-in-the-planning-and-financing-of-public-transportation-projects", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell", title = "Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future", isbn = "978-0-309-09667-6", abstract = "Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be\nof Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implications\nfor both the United States and the growing Hispanic population make\nMultiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies a most timely book. This report from the\nNational Research Council describes how Hispanics are transforming the\ncountry as they disperse geographically. It considers their roles in schools, in\nthe labor market, in the health care system, and in U.S. politics.\n\nThe book looks carefully at the diverse populations encompassed by the\nterm \u201cHispanic,\u201d representing immigrants and their children and grandchildren\nfrom nearly two dozen Spanish-speaking countries. It describes the\ntrajectory of the younger generations and established residents, and it projects\nlong-term trends in population aging, social disparities, and social\nmobility that have shaped and will shape the Hispanic experience.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11314/multiple-origins-uncertain-destinies-hispanics-and-the-american-future", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine and Institute of Medicine", title = "The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Lectures 2004: Perspectives on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Children and Youth", isbn = "978-0-309-10072-4", abstract = "In 1988, an exciting and important new program was launched at the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Through the generosity of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation, a lecture series was established to bring to greater attention some of the critical health policy issues facing our nation today. Each year a subject of particular relevance is addressed through three lectures presented by experts in the field. The lectures are published at a later date for national dissemination. \n\nThe Rosenthal lectures have attracted an enthusiastic following among health policy researchers and decision makers, both in Washington, D.C., and across the country. Our speakers are the leading experts on the subjects under discussion and our audience includes many of the major policymakers charged with making the U.S. health care system more effective and humane. The lectures and associated remarks have engendered lively and productive dialogue. The Richard and Hinda Rosenthalk Lectures 2004: Perspectives on the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Children and Youth captures a panel discussion on the IOM report, Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance. There is much to learn from the informed and real-world perspectives provided by the contributors to this book.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11477/the-richard-and-hinda-rosenthal-lectures-2004-perspectives-on-the", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP editor = "George G. Szpiro", title = "The Secret Life of Numbers: 50 Easy Pieces on How Mathematicians Work and Think", abstract = "Most of us picture mathematicians laboring before a chalkboard, scribbling\nnumbers and obscure symbols as they mutter unintelligibly. This\nlighthearted (but realistic) sneak-peak into the everyday world of mathematicians\nturns that stereotype on its head.Most people have little idea what\nmathematicians do or how they think.\nIt\u2019s often difficult to see how their\nseemingly arcane and esoteric work\napplies to our own everyday lives. But\nmathematics also holds a special allure\nfor many people. We are drawn to its\ninherent beauty and fascinated by its\ncomplexity\u2014but often intimidated by\nits presumed difficulty.\nThe Secret Life of Numbers opens our\neyes to the joys of mathematics, introducing\nus to the charming, often\nwhimsical side, of the discipline.\nDivided into several parts, the book\nlooks at interesting and largely unknown historical tidbits, introduces the largerthan-\nlife practitioners of mathematics through the ages, profiles some of the\nmost significant unsolved conjectures, and describes problems and puzzles that\nhave already been solved. Rounding out the table of contents is a host of mathematical\nmiscellany\u2014all of which add up to 50 fun, sometimes cheeky, shorttakes\non the field.\nChock full of stories, anecdotes, and entertaining vignettes, The Secret Life of\nNumbers shows us how mathematics really does affect almost every aspect of\nlife\u2014from the law to geography, elections to botany\u2014and we come to appreciate\nthe delight and gratification that mathematics holds for all of us.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11543/the-secret-life-of-numbers-50-easy-pieces-on-how", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell", title = "Hispanics and the Future of America", isbn = "978-0-309-10051-9", abstract = "Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population\nthat varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status,\nand generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to\ndescribe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography,\ngeography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and\npolitical engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy\nmakers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse\npopulation that we call \u201cHispanic.\u201d\nThe current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how\nHispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the\nUnited States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties\ninclude such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve\ntheir educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic\nposition; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens\nand achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office;\nwhether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether\nHispanics\u2019 geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The\npapers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11539/hispanics-and-the-future-of-america", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Daniel L. Cork and Paul R. Voss", title = "Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place: Residence Rules in the Decennial Census", isbn = "978-0-309-10299-5", abstract = "The usefulness of the U.S. decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, at precise geographic locations. The 2000 and other recent censuses have relied on a set of residence rules to craft instructions on the census questionnaire in order to guide respondents to identify their correct "usual residence." Determining the proper place to count such groups as college students, prisoners, and military personnel has always been complicated and controversial; major societal trends such as placement of children in shared custody arrangements and the prevalence of "snowbird" and "sunbird" populations who regularly move to favorable climates further make it difficult to specify ties to one household and one place. Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place reviews the evolution of current residence rules and the way residence concepts are presented to respondents. It proposes major changes to the basic approach of collecting residence information and suggests a program of research to improve the 2010 and future censuses.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11727/once-only-once-and-in-the-right-place-residence-rules", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board", title = "Transportation Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century -- Special Report 284", abstract = "TRB Special Report 284, Transportation Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century examines how transportation information should be managed and provided. The report provides strategic advice to the federal government and the states regarding a sustainable administrative structure and funding mechanism for meeting the information service needs of the transportation sector. The report identifies the core services that need to be provided, how those services should be provided, and funding options to support those services.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11569/transportation-knowledge-networks-a-management-strategy-for-the-21st-century", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Glenn E. Schweitzer and Rita S. Guenther", title = "Innovating for Profit in Russia: Summary of a Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-09727-7", abstract = "The National Research Council hosted an interacademy workshop in Yekaterinburg, Russia together with the Russian Academy of Sciences in October 2004 as a means of exploring various aspects of industrial innovation in the Urals region of Russia. Workshop presenters focused on the establishment of cooperative business partnerships between Russian industrial companies and Russian research organizations, particularly those in the closed nuclear cities of Russia. The concept of \"market pull\" was therefore an important aspect of the workshop, including partnerships between Russian researchers and international companies, as well as those with international research centers. However, given the complex economic and research climates in Russia, which are intensified in the nuclear cities, cooperation between Russian industry and Russian researchers were of primary during the workshop presentations and subsequent discussions as captured in this workshop summary.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11418/innovating-for-profit-in-russia-summary-of-a-workshop", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "William J. Moss and Meenakshi Ramakrishnan and Dory Storms and Anne Henderson Siegle and William M. Weiss and Lulu Muhe", title = "Child Health in Complex Emergencies", isbn = "978-0-309-10063-2", abstract = "Addressing the health needs of children in complex emergencies is critical to the success of relief efforts and requires coordinated and effective interventions. However, little systematic work has been undertaken to evaluate such care. To address this need, this monograph presents a review of the published literature in this area, providing background on the burden of disease, the major causes of morbidity and mortality, and the evidence base for effective interventions. It also describes surveys of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international agencies providing care to children in complex emergencies, which were conducted to identify guidelines commonly used to provide such care and assesses the content and limitations of these guidelines. A more in-depth survey of several organizations was also conducted to assess obstacles to this kind of care.\n\nOn the basis of the survey findings and the review of the published literature, the working group recommended that evidence-based, locally adapted guidelines to address the curative and preventive care of children in complex emergencies and health systems planning should be adopted by ministries of health and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. The guidelines should target, as much as possible, the different levels of health care workers providing care to children to ensure appropriate, effective, and uniform care in a variety of situations. \n\nChild Health in Complex Emergencies presents specific examples of areas for further research and guideline development. This report is not intended to be an exhaustive and definitive assessment of child health in complex emergencies. The topic is much too vast and complex, and different individuals and institutions will have incompatible perspectives. Rather, we aim to provide a starting point for discussion and debate on how to improve the care of children in these settings.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11527/child-health-in-complex-emergencies", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Learning to Think Spatially", isbn = "978-0-309-09208-1", abstract = "Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into\nexisting standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking\nmust be recognized as a fundamental part of K\u201312 education and as an integrator\nand a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing\ntechnologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will\nplay a significant role in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century.\nUsing appropriately designed support systems tailored to the K\u201312 context, spatial\nthinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS)\noffers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and\nteachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11019/learning-to-think-spatially", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP editor = "John Derbyshire", title = "Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra", isbn = "978-0-309-09657-7", abstract = "Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. Unknown Quantity heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip out the slide rules, and buckle up! John Derbyshire is introducing us to algebra through the ages -- and it promises to be just what his die-hard fans have been waiting for. \"Here is the story of algebra.\" With this deceptively simple introduction, we begin our journey. Flanked by formulae, shadowed by roots and radicals, escorted by an expert who navigates unerringly on our behalf, we are guaranteed safe passage through even the most treacherous mathematical terrain. Our first encounter with algebraic arithmetic takes us back 38 centuries to the time of Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, Ur and Haran, Sodom and Gomorrah. Moving deftly from Abel's proof to the higher levels of abstraction developed by Galois, we are eventually introduced to what algebraists have been focusing on during the last century. As we travel through the ages, it becomes apparent that the invention of algebra was more than the start of a specific discipline of mathematics -- it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that clarified both basic numeric concepts as well as our perception of the world around us. Algebraists broke new ground when they discarded the simple search for solutions to equations and concentrated instead on abstract groups. This dramatic shift in thinking revolutionized mathematics. Written for those among us who are unencumbered by a fear of formulae, Unknown Quantity delivers on its promise to present a history of algebra. Astonishing in its bold presentation of the math and graced with narrative authority, our journey through the world of algebra is at once intellectually satisfying and pleasantly challenging.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11540/unknown-quantity-a-real-and-imaginary-history-of-algebra", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Susan R. Singer and Margaret L. Hilton and Heidi A. Schweingruber", title = "America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science", isbn = "978-0-309-13934-2", abstract = "Laboratory experiences as a part of most U.S. high school science curricula have been taken for granted for decades, but they have rarely been carefully examined. What do they contribute to science learning? What can they contribute to science learning? What is the current status of labs in our nation\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds high schools as a context for learning science? This book looks at a range of questions about how laboratory experiences fit into U.S. high schools:\n\n What is effective laboratory teaching?\n What does research tell us about learning in high school science labs?\n How should student learning in laboratory experiences be assessed?\n Do all student have access to laboratory experiences?\n What changes need to be made to improve laboratory experiences for high school students?\n How can school organization contribute to effective laboratory teaching?\n\n With increased attention to the U.S. education system and student outcomes, no part of the high school curriculum should escape scrutiny. This timely book investigates factors that influence a high school laboratory experience, looking closely at what currently takes place and what the goals of those experiences are and should be. Science educators, school administrators, policy makers, and parents will all benefit from a better understanding of the need for laboratory experiences to be an integral part of the science curriculum\u2014and how that can be accomplished.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11311/americas-lab-report-investigations-in-high-school-science", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Paul F. Uhlir and Julie M. Esanu", title = "Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China: Summary of a Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-10230-8", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11710/strategies-for-preservation-of-and-open-access-to-scientific-data-in-china", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Gerald E. Thomson and Faith Mitchell and Monique B. Williams", title = "Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business", isbn = "978-0-309-10121-9", abstract = "In the United States, health among racial and ethnic minorities, as well as poor people, is significantly worse than the overall U.S. population. Health disparities are reflected by indices such as excess mortality and morbidity and shorter life expectancy. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health is an assessment of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities. It focuses on practical solutions to remedy the state of the current health disparity crisis.\n\nThe NIH has played the leading role in conducting extensive research on minority health and health disparities for more than two decades. Although additional research is critical to facilitating a better understanding of the overarching social, economic, educational, and environmental factors that predispose groups to specific diseases and conditions, there is also a great need to translate the existing and new information into best care practices. This means increasing communication with affected populations and their communities. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health presents solutions to improving the health disparities nationwide and evaluates the NIH strategy plan designed to actively correct and combat the ongoing health disparities dilemma.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11602/examining-the-health-disparities-research-plan-of-the-national-institutes-of-health", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Final Report for NCHRP Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects During Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction", abstract = "TRB\u2019s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 98, Final Report for NCHRP Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects during Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction details the steps followed by the research team in the development of NCHRP Report 574: Guidance for Cost Estimation and Management for Highway Projects during Planning, Programming, and Preconstruction. NCHRP Report 574 examines highway cost estimation practice and cost estimation management with the goal of helping achieve greater consistency and accuracy between planning, programming and preliminary design, and final design. The Guidebook explores strategies, methods, and tools to develop, track, and document realistic cost estimates during each phase of the process. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22045/final-report-for-nchrp-report-574-guidance-for-cost-estimation-and-management-for-highway-projects-during-planning-programming-and-preconstruction", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP title = "International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies: Proceedings - Symposium and Seventh Biennial Meeting, London, May 18-20, 2005", abstract = "This report is the proceedings of the seventh biennial meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies. (The international Network, created in 1993, consists of 70 national academies and scholarly societies around the world that work to address serious science and human rights issues of mutual concern. The Committee on Human Rights of the U.S. National Academies serves as the Network's secretariat.) The meeting was held on May 18 and 20, 2005, at the Royal Society in London. The main events of the meeting were a semipublic symposium, entitled Scientists, Human Rights, and Prospects for the Future, and a workshop on a variety of topics related to science, engineering, and health in the human rights context.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11740/international-human-rights-network-of-academies-and-scholarly-societies-proceedings", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Richard Celeste and Dick Thornburgh and Herbert Lin", title = "Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting", isbn = "978-0-309-10024-3", abstract = "Many election officials look to electronic voting systems as a means for improving their ability to more effectively conduct and administer elections. At the same time, many information technologists and activists have raised important concerns regarding the security of such systems. Policy makers are caught in the midst of a controversy with both political and technological overtones. The public debate about electronic voting is characterized by a great deal of emotion and rhetoric.\nAsking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting describes the important questions and issues that election officials, policy makers, and informed citizens should ask about the use of computers and information technology in the electoral process\u2014focusing the debate on technical and policy issues that need resolving. The report finds that while electronic voting systems have improved, federal and state governments have not made the commitment necessary for e-voting to be widely used in future elections. More funding, research, and public education are required if e-voting is to become viable.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11449/asking-the-right-questions-about-electronic-voting", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Wilhelmine Miller and Lisa A. Robinson and Robert S. Lawrence", title = "Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis", isbn = "978-0-309-10077-9", abstract = "Promoting human health and safety by reducing exposures to risks and\nharms through regulatory interventions is among the most important\nresponsibilities of the government. Such efforts encompass a wide array of\nactivities in many different contexts: improving air and water quality; safeguarding\nthe food supply; reducing the risk of injury on the job, in transportation,\nand from consumer products; and minimizing exposure to toxic\nchemicals. Estimating the magnitude of the expected health and longevity\nbenefits and reductions in mortality, morbidity, and injury risks helps policy\nmakers decide whether particular interventions merit the expected costs\nassociated with achieving these benefits and inform their choices among\nalternative strategies. Valuing Health for Regulatory Cost-Effectiveness Analysis\nprovides useful recommendations for how to measure health-related quality of-\nlife impacts for diverse public health, safety, and environmental regulations.\nPublic decision makers, regulatory analysts, scholars, and students in\nthe field will find this an essential review text. It will become a standard reference\nfor all government agencies and those consultants and contractors\nwho support the work of regulatory programs.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11534/valuing-health-for-regulatory-cost-effectiveness-analysis", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "J. Michael McGinnis and Jennifer Appleton Gootman and Vivica I. Kraak", title = "Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?", isbn = "978-0-309-09713-0", abstract = "\nCreating an environment in which children in the United States grow up\nhealthy should be a high priority for the nation. Yet the prevailing pattern\nof food and beverage marketing to children in America represents, at best,\na missed opportunity, and at worst, a direct threat to the health prospects\nof the next generation. Children\u2019s dietary and related health patterns are\nshaped by the interplay of many factors\u2014their biologic affinities, their culture\nand values, their economic status, their physical and social environments,\nand their commercial media environments\u2014all of which, apart from\ntheir genetic predispositions, have undergone significant transformations\nduring the past three decades. Among these environments, none have\nmore rapidly assumed central socializing roles among children and youth\nthan the media. With the growth in the variety and the penetration of the\nmedia have come a parallel growth with their use for marketing, including\nthe marketing of food and beverage products.\nWhat impact has food and beverage marketing had on the dietary patterns\nand health status of American children? The answer to this question\nhas the potential to shape a generation and is the focus of Food Marketing\nto Children and Youth. This book will be of interest to parents, federal and\nstate government agencies, educators and schools, health care professionals,\nindustry companies, industry trade groups, media, and those involved\nin community and consumer advocacy.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11514/food-marketing-to-children-and-youth-threat-or-opportunity", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Asbestos: Selected Cancers", isbn = "978-0-309-10169-1", abstract = "In conjunction with drafting comprehensive legislation concerning compensation for health effects related to asbestos exposure (the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act), the Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This committee was charged with addressing whether asbestos exposure is causally related to adverse health consequences in addition to asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Asbestos: Selected Cancers presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11665/asbestos-selected-cancers", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", editor = "Stacey Knobler and Adel Mahmoud and Stanley Lemon and Leslie Pray", title = "The Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities: Workshop Summary", isbn = "978-0-309-10098-4", abstract = "Globalization is by no means a new phenomenon; transcontinental trade and the movement of people date back at least 2,000 years, to the era of the ancient Silk Road trade route. The global spread of infectious disease has followed a parallel course. Indeed, the emergence and spread of infectious disease are, in a sense, the epitome of globalization. Although some experts mark the fall of the Berlin Wall as the beginning of this new era of globalization, others argue that it is not so new. The future of globalization is still in the making. Despite the successful attempts of the developed world during the course of the last century to control many infectious diseases and even to eradicate some deadly afflictions, 13 million people worldwide still die from such diseases every year.\n\nOn April 16 and 17, 2002, the Forum on Emerging Infections held a working group discussion on the influence of globalization on the emergence and control of infectious diseases. The contents of the unattributed sections are based on the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop. \n\nThe Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control report summarizes the presentations and discussions related to the increasing cross-border and cross-continental movements of people and how this could exacerbate the emergence and global spread of infectious diseases. This report also summarizes the means by which sovereign states and nations must adopt a global public health mind-set and develop a new organizational framework to maximize the opportunities and overcome the challenges created by globalization and build the necessary capacity to respond effectively to emerging infectious disease threats.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11588/the-impact-of-globalization-on-infectious-disease-emergence-and-control", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", title = "Managing Capital Costs of Major Federally Funded Public Transportation Projects: Contractor's Final Report", abstract = "TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 31: Managing Capital Costs of Major Federally Funded Public Transportation Projects: Contractor's Final Report explores strategies, tools, and techniques to better estimate, contain, and manage capital costs of federally funded public transportation projects based, in part, on the experience of the case study projects. A summary of this report is available at TCRP Research Results Digest 78.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23226/managing-capital-costs-of-major-federally-funded-public-transportation-projects-contractors-final-report", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences", title = "Biographical Memoirs: Volume 88", isbn = "978-0-309-10389-3", abstract = "Biographic Memoirs Volume 88 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works. Each biographical essay was written by a member of the Academy familiar with the professional career of the deceased. For historical and bibliographical purposes, these volumes are worth returning to time and again. ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11807/biographical-memoirs-volume-88", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Institute of Medicine", title = "Reusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu", isbn = "978-0-309-10182-0", abstract = "Any strategy to cope with an influenza pandemic must be based on the knowledge and tools that are available at the time an epidemic may occur. In the near term, when we lack an adequate supply of vaccine and antiviral medication, strategies that rely on social distancing and physical barriers will be relatively more prominent as means to prevent spread of disease. The use of respirators and facemasks is one key part of a larger strategy to establish barriers and increase distance between infected and uninfected individuals. Respirators and facemasks may have a role in both clinical care and community settings.\n\nReusability of Facemasks During an Influenza Pandemic: Facing the Flu answers a specific question about the role of respirators and facemasks to reduce the spread of flu: Can respirators and facemasks that are designed to be disposable be reused safely and effectively? The committee\u2014assisted by outstanding staff\u2014worked intensively to review the pertinent literature; consult with manufacturers, researchers, and medical specialists; and apply their expert judgment. This report offers findings and recommendations based on the evidence, pointing to actions that are appropriate now and to lines of research that can better inform future decisions.\n ", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11637/reusability-of-facemasks-during-an-influenza-pandemic-facing-the-flu", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Review and Assessment of the Health and Productivity Benefits of Green Schools: An Interim Report", isbn = "978-0-309-10120-2", abstract = "Some educational professionals have suggested that so-called green schools would result in superior performance and increased health for students and teachers. While there is no commonly accepted definition of a green school, there are a number of attributes that such schools appear to have: low cost operations, security, healthy and comfortable, and an environment that enhances learning are among them. To determine the health and productivity benefits of green schools, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, the Barr and Kendall Foundations, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, and the U.S. Green Building Council asked the NRC to examine available studies about the effects of green schools on student learning and teacher productivity. This interim report presents an evaluation of evidence for relationships between various health, learning, and productivity outcomes and five characteristics of green schools: the building envelope, ventilation, lighting, acoustics, and condition. The final report will present evaluations for additional characteristics, a synthesis of the results of all assessments, and promising areas of research.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11574/review-and-assessment-of-the-health-and-productivity-benefits-of-green-schools", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Glenn E. Schweitzer and A. Chelsea Sharber", title = "Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-10245-2", abstract = "In January-February 2005, the National Academies Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States and the Russian Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on Counterterrorism held a workshop on urban terrorism in Washington, D.C. Prior to the workshop, three working groups convened to focus on the topics of energy systems vulnerabilities, transportation systems vulnerabilities, and cyberterrorism issues. The working groups met with local experts and first responders, prepared reports, and presented their findings at the workshop. Other workshop papers focused on various organizations' integrated response to acts of urban terrorism, recent acts of terrorism, radiological terrorism, biological terrorism, cyberterrorism, and the roots of terrorism.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11698/countering-urban-terrorism-in-russia-and-the-united-states-proceedings", year = 2006, 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 author = "Institute of Medicine and National Research Council", editor = "Maria Hewitt and Sheldon Greenfield and Ellen Stovall", title = "From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition", isbn = "978-0-309-09595-2", abstract = "With the risk of more than one in three getting cancer during a lifetime, each of us is likely to experience cancer, or know someone who has survived cancer. Although some cancer survivors recover with a renewed sense of life and purpose, what has often been ignored is the toll taken by cancer and its treatment\u2014on health, functioning, sense of security, and well-being. Long lasting effects of treatment may be apparent shortly after its completion or arise years later. The transition from active treatment to post-treatment care is critical to long-term health. \n\nFrom Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor focuses on survivors of adult cancer during the phase of care that follows primary treatment. The book raises awareness of the medical, functional, and psychosocial consequences of cancer and its treatment. It defines quality health care for cancer survivors and identifies strategies to achieve it. The book also recommends improvements in the quality of life of cancer survivors through policies that ensure their access to psychosocial services, fair employment practices, and health insurance. \n\nThis book will be of particular interest to cancer patients and their advocates, health care providers and their leadership, health insurers, employers, research sponsors, and the public and their elected representatives.\n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11468/from-cancer-patient-to-cancer-survivor-lost-in-transition", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions", isbn = "978-0-309-10178-3", abstract = "Social science research conducted since the late 1970's has contributed greatly to society's ability to mitigate and adapt to natural, technological, and willful disasters. However, as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and other recent events, hazards and disaster research and its application could be improved greatly. In particular, more studies should be pursued that compare how the characteristics of different types of events\u2014including predictability, forewarning, magnitude, and duration of impact\u2014affect societal vulnerability and response. This book includes more than thirty recommendations for the hazards and disaster community.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11671/facing-hazards-and-disasters-understanding-human-dimensions", year = 2006, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }