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National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on International Conflict Resolution, Daniel Druckman, Paul C. Stern
The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds
Proceedings of a colloquium held May 20-22, 1995 at the National Academy of Science, Irvine, Calif.
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Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
'Support for this project was provided by Contract NASW 96013 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration'--P. [ii].
E. O. Wilson, David Suzuki, Reverend James Parks Morton, & others discuss what Stephen Jay Gould called the most important subject of our (& all) times.
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National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Toxicology, Subcommittee on Flame-Retardant Chemicals
Ignition of upholstered furniture by small open flames from matches, cigarette lighters, and candles is one of the leading causes of residential-fire deaths in the United States. These fires accounted for about 16% of civilian fire deaths in 1996. On
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National Research Council, Commission on Life Sciences, Board on Biology, Committee on Biobased Industrial Products
Petroleum-based industrial products have gradually replaced products derived from biological materials. However, biologically based products are making a comeback?because of a threefold increase in farm productivity and new technologies. Biobased Ind
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National Research Council, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas, Graham Kalton, Constance F. Citro
The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. That act charged the U.S. Census Bureau
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Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Nutrition Services for Medicare Beneficiaries
Malnutrition and obesity are both common among Americans over age 65. There are also a host of other medical conditions from which older people and other Medicare beneficiaries suffer that could be improved with appropriate nutritional intervention.
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National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, Jeffrey A. Roth, Albert J. Reiss, Jr
By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted every day in the United States. Violence involves many factors and spurs many viewpoints, and this diversity impedes our efforts to make the nation safer. Now a lan