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Careers in Science and Technology
An International Perspective
Av National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
1400 kr
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Every industrialized country is concerned with maintaining an adequate supply of individuals interested in careers in science and technology, yet little is known about these efforts outside national borders. This book represents the proceedings of an international conference on Trends in Science …
Bridge Builders
African Experiences With Information and Communication Technology
Av National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
839 kr
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This volume tells 16 remarkable stories--first person accounts of how information and communication technologies have been successfully introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. These case studies focus on the lessons learned in designing and …
New Strategies for New Challenges
Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan
Av National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
729 kr
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Innovation, "the process by which firms master and get into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them," is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in today's rapidly changing high technology industries. American and Japanese firms are among the world's most …
Protecting Nuclear Weapons Material in Russia
Av National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
1205 kr
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The management challenge in orchestrating a multitude of DOE headquarters, laboratory, and contractor personnel at about 50 sites in Russia is daunting. Steps are needed to maximize the return on U.S. expenditures, to reduce redundancy while ensuring adequate oversight, and to provide additional …
Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines
Av Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
797 kr
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This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons …
Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy
Imperatives for the Department of State
Av and Health Aspects of the Foreign Policy Agenda of the United States Committee on Science, Technology, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
790 kr
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Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked to technological developments pervade longer-range foreign policy concerns. Thus, STH considerations are often central to the Department of State''s …
Technology Commercialization
Russian Challenges, American Lessons
Av Committee on Utilization of Technologies Developed at Russian Research and Educational Institutions, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1998
745 kr
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This collection of papers—by American and Russian specialists—addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues that can promote or hinder technology commercialization. The book is the result of a series of workshops organized by the National Research Council with the …
Proliferation Concerns
Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union
Av Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1997
729 kr
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The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities and technologies. Preventing the flow of such items to countries of proliferation concern and to terrorist groups is a major objective of U.S. …
Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center
Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union
Av Office of International Affairs, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
658 kr
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This report reviews the ISTC''s objectives and plans, discussed its activities with U.S. and FSU officials, and met with FSU grant recipients and institute directors. The committee concludes that during its first two years the ISTC was successful and effective in meeting its primary objective, …
Careers in Science and Technology
An International Perspective
Av Advisory Committee, Office of International Organizations and Programs and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
673 kr
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Every industrialized country is concerned with maintaining an adequate supply of individuals interested in careers in science and technology, yet little is known about these efforts outside national borders. This book represents the proceedings of an international conference on Trends in Science …
Marshaling Technology for Development
Proceedings of a Symposium
Av Technology and Development Steering Committee, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1995
767 kr
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Recent technological advances, particularly in microelectronics and telecommunications, biotechnology, and advanced materials, pose critical challenges and opportunities for developing countries, and for the development banks and other organizations that serve them. Those countries that fail to …
Lost Crops of Africa
Volume I: Grains
Av Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
932 kr
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Scenes of starvation have drawn the world''s attention to Africa''s agricultural and environmental crisis. Some observers question whether this continent can ever hope to feed its growing population. Yet there is an overlooked food resource in sub-Saharan Africa that has vast potential: native food …
New Strategies for New Challenges
Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan
Av Committee on Japan, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
658 kr
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Innovation, "the process by which firms master and get into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them," is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in today''s rapidly changing high technology industries. American and Japanese firms are among the world''s …
Engineering Tasks for the New Century
Japanese and U.S. Perspectives
Av Committee on Japan, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
407 kr
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The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train engineers, and what are the major similarities, differences, and trends? (2) What are the superior practices that have been developed by each country, …
Protecting Nuclear Weapons Material in Russia
Av Office of International Affairs, and Cooperation Development, Security m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
404 kr
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The management challenge in orchestrating a multitude of DOE headquarters, laboratory, and contractor personnel at about 50 sites in Russia is daunting. Steps are needed to maximize the return on U.S. expenditures, to reduce redundancy while ensuring adequate oversight, and to provide additional …
Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Protected Areas
Av Office of Central Europe and Eurasia, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
693 kr
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Recognizing the increasing rate of species loss on a global scale and that neither pollution nor ecosystems respects political boundaries, cooperation on many different levels is required to conserve biodiversity. This volume uses four protected areas that Poland shares with its neighbors as case …
Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines
Av Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
547 kr
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This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role that technology can play to allow certain weapons …
Spent-Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium
Application to Current DOE Options
Av Panel to Review the Spent-Fuel Standard for Disposition of Excess Weapon Plutonium, Committee on International Security and Arms Control m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
286 kr
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Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy
Imperatives for the Department of State
Av and Health Aspects of the Foreign Policy Agenda of the United States Committee on Science, Technology, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
563 kr
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Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked to technological developments pervade longer-range foreign policy concerns. Thus, STH considerations are often central to the Department of State''s …
Lighting the Way
Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island
Av Committee on Knowledge Assessment, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1999
424 kr
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Partners on the Frontier
The Future of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology
Av Office for Central Europe and Eurasia, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1998
195 kr
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Myrna Mack Case
An Update
Av Committee on Human Rights, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1998
180 kr
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Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center
Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union
Av Office of International Affairs, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
458 kr
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This report reviews the ISTC''s objectives and plans, discussed its activities with U.S. and FSU officials, and met with FSU grant recipients and institute directors. The committee concludes that during its first two years the ISTC was successful and effective in meeting its primary objective, …
Proliferation Concerns
Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union
Av Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1997
520 kr
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The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities and technologies. Preventing the flow of such items to countries of proliferation concern and to terrorist groups is a major objective of U.S. …
Bridge Builders
African Experiences With Information and Communication Technology
Av Panel on Planning for Scientific and Technological Information (STI) Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
509 kr
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This volume tells 16 remarkable stories—first person accounts of how information and communication technologies have been successfully introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. These case studies focus on the lessons learned in designing and …
Nuclear Arms Control
Background and Issues
Av Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1985
338 kr
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This nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their present positions—and where they might go from here. According to Foreign Affairs , "This book is proof that the complexities of arms control can be successfully …
Careers in Science and Technology
An International Perspective
Av Advisory Committee, Office of International Organizations and Programs and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel m. fl.
E-bok, 1996
458 kr
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Every industrialized country is concerned with maintaining an adequate supply of individuals interested in careers in science and technology, yet little is known about these efforts outside national borders. This book represents the proceedings of an international conference on Trends in Science …
Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods
Av Panel on the Applications of Biotechnology to Traditional Fermented Foods, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1992
785 kr
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In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste of an otherwise bland food, enhance the digestibility of a food that is difficult to assimilate, preserve food from degradation by noxious organisms, and increase nutritional value through the synthesis …
High-Energy Astrophysics
American and Soviet Perspectives/Proceedings from the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics
Av Office of International Affairs, Policy and Global Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1991
390 kr
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During the past decade, the field of astrophysics has progressed at an impressive rate. This was reflected by the topics discussed at the workshop from which this book eminated. These topics include the inflationary universe; the large-scale structure of the universe; the diffuse X-ray background; …
Challenges for the 1990s for Arms Control and International Security
Av Committee on International Security and Arms Control, Office of International Affairs m. fl.
E-bok, 1989
195 kr
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Featuring essays by prominent experts in international security, this volume surveys the status and prospects for progress in every major area of arms control under active negotiation: strategic and conventional force reductions, a chemical weapons ban, and the vitality of the nuclear …