In anticipation of future environmental science and engineering challenges and technologic advances, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the overall capabilities of the agency to d
The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilities enabling he U.S. Armed Forces to fight and win de
The Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives set forth to provide an assessment of the feasibility, practicality, and
"Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and
"Recent events in the western hemisphere have led to a dramatic shift in the strategic and political importance of Latin America. But with relations still cool between the United States and Cuba, and
Recent well documented reductions in the thickness and extent of Arctic sea ice cover, which can be linked to the warming climate, are affecting the global climate system and are also affecting the gl
On the surface, LUNCH WITH BUDDHA is a story about family. Otto Ringling and his sister Cecelia could not be more different. He’s just turned 50, an editor of food books at a prestigious New York p
The development of technologies to modify natural human physical and cognitive performance is one of increasing interest and concern, especially among military services that may be called on to defeat
In 2012, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) approached the National Research Council's TIGER standing committee and asked it to develop a list of workshop topics to explore the impact of emerging s
When Izzy Fontaine inherits a quilt that supposedly leads to a treasure, she follows the clues amid competition from the rest of her family and from museum curator Max Logan, who claims that the quilt
Does your church have the necessary funds to do ministry? In Dr. Clif Christopher's nearly forty years in ministry as a pastor and President of Horizons Stewardship Company, he has witnessed the finan
The ability of the nation's military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation's technology base. A workforce
Using interviews with doctors, patients, therapists and other medical practitioners, the author shows that, with the creation of a women's Viagara on the horizon, heterosexual women often now feel exp
Adventure Time with Finn & Jake tells the tale of two unlikely heroes--a silly boy with an awesome hat and a brassy dog with a big kind heartWhat's more kick-butt than Adventure Time? Ice cream? D
Since the 1990s, the Ankarana region of northern Madagascar has developed a reputation among globe-trotting gemstone traders and tourists as a source of some of the world's most precious natural wonde
Can North America survive as a region in light of the political turbulence provoked by the global economic crisis? Or have regional integration and collaboration reached a plateau beyond which disinte
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)--recognizing that information and insights gained through continual examination of practices for organizational assessment are useful for deci
"From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day--many with the potential to affect health. Exposure Science in the
Can North America survive as a region in light of the political turbulence provoked by the global economic crisis? Or have regional integration and collaboration reached a plateau beyond which disinte
Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and acade
This volume consists of five separate studies investigating matters of corporate finance and shareholder wealth, written as the author's PhD dissertation at the European Business School, Oestrich-Wink
The aim of this book is to outline the neoevolutionary paradigm emerging in the social sciences and indicate possibilities for its application in the management sciences. This monograph has an interdi
Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and acade
Holy Week and Easter come alive in these challenging video commentaries by academic luminaries, coupled with masterpiece illustrations by John August Swanson.The DVD features six individual "chapter"
Satire, rather than utopian writing, dominated literature in 18th century England and memories of Cromwell led the population to prefer stability to political experiments. However, when the French Rev
In November 2010, the Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion (RISC) held its third international conference in Luxembourg City hosted by the University of Luxe
Expanding on and integrating his previous writings on the Russian-German composer and folklorist Georg von Albrecht (1891-1976) Antokoletz (musicology, U. of Texas at Austin) offers musical analysis a
Julia Franck, winner of the 2007 German Book Prize for Die Mittagsfrau (The Blind Side of the Heart), puts the experience of women – and mothers – at the core of her novels and short stories. This stu
This volume gathers contributions representing the main trends in translation and interpreting studies by authors in the Iberian peninsula, with a focus on the Iberian languages (Basque, Catalan, Port
This book explores the techniques and discursive strategies that are typical of the communicative interactions between professionals and laymen in a jury trial. It also investigates the complex relati
On June 12-14, 2012, the Board on Global Science and Technology held an international, multidisciplinary workshop in Washington, D.C., to explore the challenges and advances in intelligent human-machi
Modernitalia provides a map of the Italian twentieth century in the form of twelve essays by the celebrated cultural historian Jeffrey T. Schnapp. Shuttling back and forth between literature, architec
The fourth volume in the New Americanists in Poland series, this study brings to the forefront the lives of Mexican American women and the cultural and historical factors shaping literature written by
"Black and William's (1998) influential article 'Inside the Black Box' prompted an increasing interest in assessment processes within the classroom. However, to date most of this research has been don
"Oaguz Atay's 1971 novel 'The Disconnected' [Tutunamayanlar] is distinctly unique, but it can also be read as a response to Joyce's 'Ulysses'--a singular and a very Turkish response. Any review of 'Th
Hunger and nutrition are central to public health, social stability and a balanced economy. A powerful interdisciplinary field has recently emerged among demographers, cultural, economic and science h
This book examines the salience and role of ethno-national identities of young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina fifteen years after the end of the Bosnian War. The underlying argument is that ethno-na
Orthodox Metropolitan Vasile Mangra was wronged by contemporaries, condemned to oblivion by posterity, and neglected and marginalized by historiography, declares Eppel (population studies, Babes-Bolya
The Brownies' Book lasted nearly two years, from January 1920 to December of 1921. It inspired a generation of young African Americans, and it was edited by W.E.B. Du Bois. It was started largely as a
