Presents the summary of a workshop convened by the IOM Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders to examine opportunities to accelerate early phases of drug development for nervous system dru
This report documents the results of a qualitative study designed to better understand the factors that female Air Force officers consider when deciding whether to remain in the active duty Air Force.
This report addresses challenges for implementing new approaches to Air Force high-demand, high-attrition specialty recruiting, screening, and development processes, and takes a holistic approach to i
This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Workshop on Computational Engineering held in Stuttgart from October 6 to 10, 2014, bringing together innovative contributions from relate
The sites of Vitcos and Espiritu Pampa are two of the most important Inca cities within the remote Vilcabamba region of Peru. The province has gained notoriety among historians, archaeologists, and ot
A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People presents more than three thousand years of the Jewish experience in a comprehensive and accessible format.Virtually all of the key elements of Jewish history a
Fans of illustrator Mary Blair will cherish this never-before-published treasury of her Golden Books, which includes material that hasn't been in print in decades. I Can Fly is here in its unabridged
This comprehensive handbook, prepared by leading ocean policy academics and practitioners from around the world, presents in-depth analyses of the experiences of fifteen developed and developing natio
Compelling evidence exists to support the hypothesis that both formal and informal mentoring practices that provide access to information and resources are effective in promoting career advancement, e
How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offer
Celebrating the idea that anything boys can do, girls can do better, a guide to adventure for girls of all ages includes such chapters as "Fourteen games of tag," "How to negotiate a salary," "Math tr
At the close of the nineteenth century, industrialization and urbanization marked theend of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. Urban Modernity examinesthe construction
How and why people develop, maintain, and change cultural boundaries through time are central issues in the social and behavioral sciences in generaland anthropological archaeology in particular. What
An entire year of Current Biography-in one convenient clothbound volume! Each year in December, the monthly issues of Current Biography are updated and arranged alphabetically in a single hardcover v
An entire year of Current Biography-in one convenient clothbound volume! Each year in December, the monthly issues of Current Biography are updated and arranged alphabetically in a single hardcover v
For centuries, the goal of archaeologists was to document and describe material artifacts, and at best to make inferences about the origins and evolution of human culture and about prehistoric and his
