Books from National Academies Press

  • Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis
    By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Science Education, Jennifer Self

    Available: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/uwza6. 106 Teaching K–12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis BOX 7-2 CONTINUED Wanda Faye Bryant ...

  • Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?
    By Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth

    This book will be of interest to parents, federal and state government agencies, educators and schools, health care professionals, industry companies, industry trade groups, media, and those involved in community and consumer advocacy.

  • Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United...
    By United States Institute of Peace, National Academy of Engineering

    Using Data Sharing to Improve Coordination in Peacebuilding:Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and the United States Institute of Peace: Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding addresses the following ...

  • Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States...
    By United States Institute of Peace, National Academy of Engineering

    Harnessing Operational Systems Engineering to Support Peacebuilding is the summary of a workshop convened in November 2012 by the Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding of the National Academy of Engineering and the United ...

  • Evaluating Food Assistance Programs in an Era of Welfare Reform: Summary of a Workshop
    By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

    This report was prepared in response to a request from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

  • Child Health in Complex Emergencies
    By National Research Council, Committee on Population, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration

    Valente, F., Otten, M., Balbina, F., et al. (2002). Massive outbreak of poliomyelitis caused by type-3 wild ... Wolday, D., Kibreab, T., Bukenya, D., and Hodes, R. (1995). Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum in vivo to chloroquine and ...

  • The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
    By Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine

    Previously, Dr. Brennan served as executive vice president and chief medical officer of Aetna, Inc., from 2006 through 2008. From 2000 through 2006, he was president and chief executive officer of Brigham and Women's Physicians ...

  • Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor
    By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Committee on Population

    Sharp, T., F. Burkle, A. Vaughn, R. Chotani, and R.J. Brennan 2002 Challenges and opportunities for humanitarian relief in Afghanistan. Clinical Infectious Diseases 15(34) Suppl 5: S215–228. Shuey, D., F. Qosaj, E. Schouten, ...

  • International Science in the National Interest at the U.S. Geological Survey
    By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

    ... Resources Program has been a primary contributor to the USGS Carbon Sequestration Program by developing a method to estimate the CO2 storage potential of different geologic formations in the United States (Brennan et al., 2010).

  • Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children: A Review of the Concepts and Related Literature
    By Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Committee on Population

    KENNETH W. WACHTER (Chair),Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley ELLEN BRENNAN-GALVIN, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut JANET CURRIE, Department of Economics, University of California, Los DAVID I. KERTZER, ...

  • A Summary of the December 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Care in the Community
    By Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine

    ... Los Angeles, CA MICHAEL BLEICH, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, Portland TROYEN (TROY) A. BRENNAN, CVS Caremark, Woonsocket, RI ROBERT E. CAMPBELL, Johnson & Johnson (retired), New Brunswick, NJ LEAH DEVLIN, ...

  • War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility: A Review of Evidence
    By National Research Council, Committee on Population, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration

    COMMITTEE ON POPULATION 2004 KENNETH W. WACHTER (Chair), Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley ELLEN BRENNAN-GALVIN, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University JOHN N. HOBCRAFT, ...

  • A Summary of the February 2010 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Education
    By Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine

    ... Coral Gables, FL LINDA BURNES BOLTON (Vice Chair), Cedars-Sinai Health System and Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA MICHAEL BLEICH, Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing, Portland TROYEN A. BRENNAN, CVS Caremark, ...

  • GIS for Housing and Urban Development
    By National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

    Brennan, E. 1999. Population, Urbanization, Environment, and Security: A Summary of Issues. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Brockerhoff, M. 2000. An Urbanizing World. Population Bulletin 55 (3).

  • Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters
    By National Research Council, Committee on Population, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration

    http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10539.html COMMITTEE ON POPULATION 2002 JANE MENKEN (Chair), Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder ELLEN BRENNAN-GALVIN, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, ...

  • Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees: The Impact of Forced Migration
    By National Research Council, Committee on Population, Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration

    COMMITTEE ON POPULATION 2004 KENNETH W. WACHTER (Chair), Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley ELLEN BRENNAN-GALVIN, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University JOHN N. HOBCRAFT, ...

  • Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology
    By National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

    Cummings and S. Kiesler, KDI Initiative: Multidisciplinary Scientific Collaborations, report to National Science Foundation, 2003, available at http://netvis.mit.edu/papers/NSF_KDI_report.pdf; R.E. Kraut, S.R. Fussell, S.E. Brennan, ...

  • The Human Microbiome, Diet, and Health: Workshop Summary
    By Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Food Forum

    The Human Microbiome, Diet, and Health: Workshop Summary summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop.

  • Scientific Data for Decision Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study: Summary of a Workshop
    By National Research Council, Senegal National Committee for CODATA, Policy and Global Affairs

    The U.S. National Committee for CODATA collaborated with the Senegalese National CODATA Committee to convene a "Workshop on Scientific Data for Decision-Making Toward Sustainable Development: Senegal River Basin Case Study," which was held ...

  • Science at the Frontier
    By National Academy of Sciences, Addison Greenwood

    Scientific American 251 (September): 188–203. Wolfram, Stephen. 1991. Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer. Second edition. Addison-Wesley, New York. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/1859.html ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE ...