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This book is the third in a series evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa s food supply. The volume describes 24 little-known indigenous African cultivated and wild fruits that have potential as food- and cash-crops b... Lees meer.

The United States and China are the top two energy consumers in the world. As a consequence they are also the top two emitters of numerous air pollutants which have local regional and global impacts. Urbanization has led to serious air pollution problems in U.S. and... Lees meer.

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In developed countries men s labor force participation at older ages has increased in recent years reversing a decades-long pattern of decline. Participation rates for older women have also been rising. What explains these patterns and the differences in them across... Lees meer.

Changes in the 21st century security environment require new analytic approaches to support strategic deterrence. Because current adversaries may be deterred from the use of nuclear weapons differently than were Cold War adversaries the Air Force needs an analytic proc... Lees meer.

By 2050 the world s population is projected to grow by one-third reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence a substantial increase in per capita meat dairy and fish consumption is also anticipated. The demand for ca... Lees meer.

In June 2001 the National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences held a bilateral workshop in Moscow on terrorism in a high-technology society and modern methods to prevent and respond to it. The purpose of the workshop was to begin a dialogue on high-impact terr... Lees meer.

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity held in Budapest Hungary on March 30 - April 2 2008 represents the efforts of a number of individuals and organizations over the last five years to engage the international community of life scientists in addressing how t... Lees meer.

New security challenges are increasingly important in U.S. security planning. Transnational threats that do not arise from national rivalries or involve geopolitical competition-climate change food insecurity pandemic disease terrorism and cybercrime-can destabilize... Lees meer.

Within the last 30 years the genomes of thousands of organisms from viruses to bacteria to humans have been sequenced or partially sequenced and deposited in databases freely accessible to scientists around the world. This information is accelerating scientists ab... Lees meer.

In July 2005 the National Academies released the report Biological Science and Biotechnology in Russia. Controlling Diseases and Enhancing Security. The report offered a number of recommendations that could help restore Russiaa TM s ability to join with the United St... Lees meer.

Historically most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or explosives and current defensive strategies are aimed at preventing attacks perpetrated by such means. However the use of the nerve agent sarin in 1995 to attack the Tokyo su... Lees meer.

During the first decade of the 21st century the National Academies working with a number of partner organizations in Iran carried out a program of U.S.-Iran engagement in science engineering and health herein referred to as science engagement . This book reviews i... Lees meer.