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Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and cats, indications of nutrient deficiency, and diseases related to poor nutrition. The report provides a valuable resource for industry professionals formulating diets, scientists setting research agendas, government..

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Severe Space Weather Events - Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Severe Space Weather Events - Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology--power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies--are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are also generally well understood. Less well documented and understood, however, are the potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather. As a first step toward determining the socioeconomic impacts..

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Severe Space Weather Events?Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts - A Workshop Report: Extended Summary - Bok av National Research Council - Häf

Severe Space Weather Events?Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts - A Workshop Report: Extended Summary - Bok av National Research Council - Häf

The adverse effects of extreme space weather on modern technology--power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts, spacecraft anomalies--are well known and well documented, and the physical processes underlying space weather are also generally well understood. Less well documented and understood, however, are the potential economic and societal impacts of the disruption of critical technological systems by severe space weather. This volume, an extended four-color summary of the book,..

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Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for Sars-Cov-2: Modernizing Pandemic Response Strategies - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engine

Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for Sars-Cov-2: Modernizing Pandemic Response Strategies - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engine

In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus that emerged from a bat reservoir in 2002. Within six months, this new virus--SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)--has spread worldwide, infecting at least 10 million people with an estimated 500,000 deaths. COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, was declared a public health emergency of..

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Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

The March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami sparked a humanitarian disaster in northeastern Japan. They were responsible for more than 15,900 deaths and 2,600 missing persons as well as physical infrastructure damages exceeding $200 billion. The earthquake and tsunami also initiated a severe nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Three of the six reactors at the plant sustained severe core damage and released hydrogen and radioactive materials. Explosion..

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Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

Framing the Challenge of Urban Flooding in the United States - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

\Flooding is the natural hazard with the greatest economic and social impact in the United States, and these impacts are becoming more severe over time. Catastrophic flooding from recent hurricanes, including Superstorm Sandy in New York (2012) and Hurricane Harvey in Houston (2017), caused billions of dollars in property damage, adversely affected millions of people, and damaged the economic well-being of major metropolitan areas. Flooding takes a heavy toll even in years without a named storm..

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Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly - Summary of a Workshop - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Assessing the Impact of Severe Economic Recession on the Elderly - Summary of a Workshop - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

The economic crisis that began in 2008 has had a significant impact on the well-being of certain segments of the population and its disruptive effects can be expected to last well into the future. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), which is concerned with this issue as it affects the older population in the United States, asked the National Research Council to review existing and ongoing research and to delineate the nature and dimensions of potential scientific inquiry in this area. The Committee..

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Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases - The Short-Term and Long-Term

Critical Needs and Gaps in Understanding Prevention, Amelioration, and Resolution of Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases - The Short-Term and Long-Term

A single tick bite can have debilitating consequences. Lyme disease is the most common disease carried by ticks in the United States, and the number of those afflicted is growing steadily. If left untreated, the diseases carried by ticks--known as tick-borne diseases--can cause severe pain, fatigue, neurological problems, and other serious health problems. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop October 11-12, 2010, to examine the state of the science in Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases...

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Examining the Use of Biomarkers in Establishing the Presence and Severity of Impairments: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sci

Examining the Use of Biomarkers in Establishing the Presence and Severity of Impairments: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sci

As part of the overall disability determination process, the Social Security Administration uses a step-by-step approach to understand how severe an individual's condition is and whether it meets program criteria for disability. The use of various types of biomarkers has been suggested as a way to strengthen the amount and quality of objective evidence available to the review process. At the request of the Social Security Administration, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's..

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Measuring Racial Discrimination - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Measuring Racial Discrimination - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination--pervasive and open denial of civil, social, political, educational, and economic opportunities. Today, large differences among racial and ethnic groups continue to exist in employment, income and wealth, housing, education, criminal justice, health, and other areas. While many factors may contribute to such differences, their size and..

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Mental Disorders and Disabilities Among Low-Income Children - Bok av Engineering National Academies of Sciences - Häftad

Mental Disorders and Disabilities Among Low-Income Children - Bok av Engineering National Academies of Sciences - Häftad

\Children living in poverty are more likely to have mental health problems, and their conditions are more likely to be severe. Of the approximately 1.3 million children who were recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits in 2013, about 50% were disabled primarily due to a mental disorder. An increase in the number of children who are recipients of SSI benefits due to mental disorders has been observed through several decades of the program beginning in 1985 and continuing..

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Climate Stabilization Targets - Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Climate Stabilization Targets - Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

\Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth's climate. Because carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is long lived, it can effectively lock the Earth and future generations into a range of impacts, some of which could become very severe. Emissions reductions decisions made today matter in determining impacts experienced not just over the next few decades, but in the coming centuries and..

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Exploring Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

Exploring Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

Cardiac arrest often strikes seemingly healthy individuals without warning and without regard to age, gender, race, or health status. Representing the third leading cause of death in the United States, cardiac arrest is defined as \a severe malfunction or cessation of the electrical and mechanical activity of the heart ... [which] results in almost instantaneous loss of consciousness and collapse\. Although the exact number of cardiac arrests is unknown, conservative estimates suggest that approximately..

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Confronting the Nation's Water Problems - The Role of Research - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Confronting the Nation's Water Problems - The Role of Research - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users--as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases--Confronting the Nation's Water..

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The Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing, Understanding, and Modeling: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Eng

The Future of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observing, Understanding, and Modeling: Proceedings of a Workshop - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Eng

Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (BL) and its interactions with the ocean, land, and ice surfaces have great potential to advance science on a number of fronts, from improving forecasts of severe storms and air quality to constraining estimates of trace gas emissions and transport. Understanding the BL is a crucial component of model advancements, and increased societal demands for extended weather impact forecasts (from hours to months and beyond) highlight the need to advance..

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Temporomandibular Disorders: Priorities for Research and Care - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

Temporomandibular Disorders: Priorities for Research and Care - Bok av National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri - Häftad

Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), are a set of more than 30 health disorders associated with both the temporomandibular joints and the muscles and tissues of the jaw. TMDs have a range of causes and often co-occur with a number of overlapping medical conditions, including headaches, fibromyalgia, back pain and irritable bowel syndrome. TMDs can be transient or long-lasting and may be associated with problems that range from an occasional click of the jaw to severe chronic pain involving the entire..

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Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event - Workshop Report - Bok av Institute of Medicine - Häftad

Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event - Workshop Report - Bok av Institute of Medicine - Häftad

A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists--even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less--would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout that would follow would be overwhelming for local emergency response and health care systems to rescue and treat, even assuming that these systems and their personnel were not themselves incapacitated by the event. The United States has been..

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Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications - Bok av Committee on Opportunities in Protection Materials

Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications - Bok av Committee on Opportunities in Protection Materials

\Armor plays a significant role in the protection of warriors. During the course of history, the introduction of new materials and improvements in the materials already used to construct armor has led to better protection and a reduction in the weight of the armor. But even with such advances in materials, the weight of the armor required to manage threats of ever-increasing destructive capability presents a huge challenge. Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future..

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Chemistry in Primetime and Online - Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments: Workshop Summary - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

Chemistry in Primetime and Online - Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments: Workshop Summary - Bok av National Research Council - Häftad

\It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in today's global economy. Since most Americans learn about science outside of school, we must take advantage of opportunities to present chemistry content on television, the Internet, in museums, and in other informal educational settings. In May 2010, the National Academies' Chemical Sciences Roundtable..

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