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Libros de National Research Council

  • Soil And Water Quality

    • 540 páginas
    • How can the United States meet demands for agricultural production while solving the broader range of environmental problems attributed to farming practices? National policymakers who try to answer this question confront difficult trade-offs. This book...
    63,39€ 60,22€
  • Applications Of Biotechnology In Traditional Fermented Foods

    • 208 páginas
    • 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 incr...
    54,60€ 51,87€
  • Studying Media Effects On Children And Youth

    • 36 páginas
    • The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important part of the social ecology of children and youth, and these influences have become more visible...
    19,24€ 18,28€
  • Improving State Voter Registration Databases

    • 128 páginas
    • Improving State Voter Registration Databases outlines several actions that are needed to help make voter registration databases capable of sharing information within state agencies and across state lines. These include short-term changes to improve educat...
    40,04€ 38,04€
  • The Growth Of Incarceration In The United States

    • 464 páginas
    • After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under...
    68,12€ 64,71€
  • Nutrient Requirements Of Poultry

    • 174 páginas
    • This classic reference for poultry nutrition has been updated for the first time since 1984. The chapter on general considerations concerning individual nutrients and water has been greatly expanded and includes, for the first time, equations for predicti...
    41,08€ 39,03€
  • Preventing Reading Difficulties In Young Children

    • 448 páginas
    • While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the...
    76,91€ 73,06€
  • Guide For The Care And Use Of Laboratory Animals

    • 246 páginas
    • A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory animal communities and the public at large. The Guide...
    34,28€ 32,56€
  • National Earthquake Resilience

    • 278 páginas
    • The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is not a reliable indicator of preparedness for a major eart...
    36,36€ 34,54€
  • Classroom Assessment And The National Science Education Standards

    • 128 páginas
    • The National Science Education Standards address not only what students should learn about science but also how their learning should be assessed. How do we know what they know? This accompanying volume to the Standards focuses on a key kind of assessment...
    36,36€ 34,54€
  • How People Learn

    • 88 páginas
    • How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice provides a broad overview of research on learners and learning and on teachers and teaching. It expands on the 1999 National Research Council publication How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and Schoo...
    30,68€ 29,15€
  • Prudent Practices In The Laboratory: Handling And Management Of Chemical Hazards, Updated Version

    • Prudent Practices in the Laboratory--the book that has served for decades as the standard for..
    85,46€ 81,18€
  • Mathematics Learning In Early Childhood

    • 398 páginas
    • Early childhood mathematics is vitally important for young children's present and future educational success. Research demonstrates that virtually all young children have the capability to learn and become competent in mathematics. Furthermore, young...
    54,60€ 51,87€
  • Inquiry And The National Science Education Standards

    • 222 páginas
    • Humans, especially children, are naturally curious. Yet, people often balk at the thought of learning science—the "eyes glazed over" syndrome. Teachers may find teaching science a major challenge in an era when science ranges from the hardly...
    36,36€ 34,54€
  • Ready,set,science!

    • What types of instructional experiences help K-8 students learn science with understanding? What do
    30,93€ 29,38€
  • Mineral Tolerance Of Animals

    • 20 páginas
    • Excess minerals in the diet and water of animals can have an adverse effect on animal health, consumers, and the environment. Preventing unsafe mineral exposure is a fundamental part of animal nutrition and management. At the request of the Food and Drug...
    90,43€ 85,91€
  • Youth Employment And Training Programs

    • 510 páginas
    • Do government-sponsored youth employment programs actually help? Between 1978 and 1981, the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) funded extensive programs designed to aid disadvantaged youth. The Committee on Youth Employment Programs...
    86,27€ 81,95€
  • Nutrient Requirements Of Dogs And Cats

    • 424 páginas
    • 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...
    127,72€ 121,34€
  • The Airliner Cabin Environment And The Health Of Passengers And Crew

    • 344 páginas
    • Although poor air quality is probably not the hazard that is foremost in peoples' minds as they board planes, it has been a concern for years. Passengers have complained about dry eyes, sore throat, dizziness, headaches, and other symptoms. Flight...
    55,07€ 52,31€
  • Coal Waste Impoundments

    • 242 páginas
    • On October 11, 2000, a breakthrough of Martin County Coal Corporation's coal waste impoundment released 250 million gallons of slurry in near Inez, Kentucky. The 72-acre surface impoundment for coal processing waste materials broke through into a nearby...
    43,63€ 41,45€

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