Hakutulokset: building the nation
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Building a Foundation for Sound Environmental Decisions
Over the past decades, environmental problems have attracted enormous attention and public concern. Many actions have been taken by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and …
Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce
Skilled technical occupations"e;defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelors degree for entry"e;are a …
Building a More Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable, and Nourishing Food System
The Food Forum of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a virtual workshop on July 22-23, 2020 that explored integration of the health, societal, …
Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage
This book provides a brief overview of worldwide terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques, primarily …
Strategic Vision for Department of Energy Environmental Quality Research and Development
The National Academies' National Research Council undertook this study in response to a request from the Under Secretary of Energy to provide strategic advice on how the Department …
Building a National Framework for the Establishment of Regulatory Science for Drug Development
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medicine. FDA's science base must be strong enough to make certain that regulatory …
Pay Now or Pay Later
Buildings and other public facilities can have very long and productive service lives, providing efficient shelter and serving a wide range of activities. To do so, however, these …
Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations
This volume considers engineering risk analysis applications to the field of building safety. Building codes and design criteria used by architects and engineers--standards of good …
Building Capacity for Teaching Engineering in K-12 Education
Engineering education is emerging as an important component of US K-12 education. Across the country, students in classrooms and after- and out-of-school programs are participating …
Protecting People and Buildings from Terrorism
Concerned with the vulnerability of U.S. civilian and military personnel to terrorist bombing attacks, the U.S. Congress directed the Department of Defense to undertake a …