Studies and Projects Completed in 2010
Defense, Security, and Space
| Advancing Aeronautical Safety: A Review of NASA's Aviation Safety-Related Research Programs | |
| Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Collaboration on Space and Earth Science Missions | |
| Avoiding Technology Surprise for Tomorrow's Warfighter -- Symposium 2010 | |
| Biometric Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities | |
| Controlling Cost Growth of NASA Earth and Space Science Missions Highlighted in this report. | |
| Critical Code: Software Producibility for Defense | |
| Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies -- Final Report | |
| Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Preacquisition Technology Development | |
| Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs | |
| Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context -- Workshop Summary | |
| Information Assurance for Network-Centric Naval Forces | |
| New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | |
| New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics Highlighted in this report. | |
| Nuclear Forensics: A Capability at Risk (Abbreviated Version) | |
| Panel Reports -- New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| Proceedings of a Workshop on Deterring CyberAttacks: Informing Strategies and Developing Options for U.S. Policy | |
| Report of the Panel on Implementing Recommendations From New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey | |
| Review and Assessment of Closure Plans for the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and the Chemical Agent Munition Disposal System -- Letter Report | |
| Review of Closure Plans for the Baseline Incineration Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities | |
| Review of the Design of the Dynasafe Static Detonation Chamber (SDC) System for the Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility -- Letter Report | |
| Review of the Department of Defense Enhanced Particulate Matter Surveillance Program Report | |
| Review of the Department of Homeland Security's Approach to Risk Analysis | |
| Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program: Advancing Science, Driving Innovation, and Developing Workforce | |
| Views of the NAS and NAE on Agenda Items at Issue at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 |
Education and Social Issues
| Best Practices for State Assessment Systems Part I -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future | |
| A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States (2-Volume Set with CD) | |
| Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment -- Report of a Workshop | |
| Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Program -- Interim Report | |
| Engineering, Social Justice, and Sustainable Community Development -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Envisioning the 2020 Census | |
| Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads Highlighted in this report. | |
| Exploring the Intersection of Science Education and 21st Century Skills -- A Workshop Summary | |
| Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights From the Social and Behavioral Sciences | |
| Getting Value Out of Value-Added -- Report of a Workshop | |
| Grand Challenges of Our Aging Society -- Workshop Summary | |
| High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates: Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions | |
| Language Diversity, School Learning, and Closing Achievement Gaps -- A Workshop Summary | |
| Learning Science: Computer Games, Simulations, and Education | |
| Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Measuring the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey -- Interim Report | |
| NOAA's Education Program: Review and Critique | |
| Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Research and Development on Urban Systems | |
| Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy Highlighted in this report. |
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| Research Training in the Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences | |
| The Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care -- Workshop Summary | |
| Science and Technology for Children -- Books
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| Standards for K-12 Engineering Education? | |
| State Assessment Systems: Exploring Best Practices and Innovations -- Summary of Two Workshops | |
| Strengthening the National Institute of Justice | |
| Student Mobility: Exploring the Impact of Frequent Moves on Achievement -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs | |
| User's Guide and Spreadsheets for Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future |
Health and Safety
| The 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Campaign -- Summary of a Workshop Series | |
| Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement | |
| Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals, Vol. 9 | |
| Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health -- A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop | |
| BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats -- Abbreviated Version | |
| Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making | |
| Building a National Framework for the Establishment of Regulatory Science for Drug Development -- Workshop Summary | |
| Building Community Disaster Resilience Through Private-Public Collaboration | |
| Cardiovascular Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings | |
| Certifying Personal Protective Technologies: Improving Worker Safety | |
| Challenges and Opportunities in Using Residual Newborn Screening Samples for Translational Research -- Workshop Summary | |
| Child and Adult Care Food Program: Aligning Dietary Guidance for All | |
| CNS Clinical Trials: Suicidality and Data Collection -- Workshop Summary | |
| Conducting Biosocial Surveys: Collecting, Storing, Accessing, and Protecting Biospecimens and Biodata | |
| Considerations for Ensuring Safety and Efficacy of Vaccines and Therapeutic Proteins Manufactured by Using Platform Approaches -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 1 | |
| Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2 | |
| Databases for Estimating Health Insurance Coverage for Children -- A Workshop Summary | |
| Demographic Changes, A View From California: Implications for Framing Health Disparities -- Workshop Summary | |
| Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D Highlighted in this report. | |
| Digital Infrastructure for the Learning Health System: The Foundation for Continuous Improvement in Health and Health Care -- Workshop Series Summary | |
| Eighteenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels | |
| Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration Highlighted in this report. | |
| Establishing Precompetitive Collaborations to Stimulate Genomics-Driven Drug Development -- Workshop Summary | |
| Ethical Issues in Studying the Safety of Approved Drugs -- A Letter Report | |
| Evaluation of a Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security's Planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas | |
| Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease | |
| An Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program | |
| Evaluation of the Health and Safety Risks of the New USAMRIID High-Containment Facilities at Fort Detrick, Maryland | |
| Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols -- Phase I Report Highlighted in this report. | |
| Extending the Spectrum of Precompetitive Collaboration in Oncology Research -- Workshop Summary | |
| Final Report of the National Academies' Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee and 2010 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research | |
| For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability | |
| A Foundation for Evidence-Driven Practice: A Rapid Learning System for Cancer Care --Workshop Summary | |
| Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports | |
| The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Highlighted in this report. | |
| Future Opportunities to Leverage the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative -- Workshop Summary | |
| Gulf War and Health, Vol. 8: Update of Health Effects of Serving in the Gulf War Highlighted in this report. | |
| Hepatitis and Liver Cancer: A National Strategy for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis B and C | |
| HIV and Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings | |
| HIV Screening and Access to Care: Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Expanded HIV Testing | |
| Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Leadership Commitments to Improve Value in Healthcare: Toward Common Ground -- Workshop Summary | |
| Medical Countermeasures Dispensing: Emergency Use Authorization and the Postal Model -- Workshop Summary | |
| Medical Surge Capacity -- Workshop Summary | |
| A National Cancer Clinical Trials System for the 21st Century: Reinvigorating the NCI Cooperative Group Program | |
| Planning a WIC Research Agenda -- Workshop Summary | |
| Policy Issues in the Development of Personalized Medicine in Oncology -- Workshop Summary | |
| A Population-Based Policy and Systems Change Approach to Prevent and Control Hypertension | |
| Preliminary Observations on Information Technology Needs and Priorities for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- An Interim Report | |
| The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials | |
| Private-Public Sector Collaboration for Enhancing Community Disaster Resilience -- A Workshop Report | |
| Providing Healthy and Safe Foods As We Age -- Workshop Summary | |
| Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services Under TRICARE Highlighted in this report. | |
| Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process: Balancing Patient Safety and Innovation -- Workshop Report | |
| Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) Clearance Process: Measuring Postmarket Performance and Other Select Topics -- Workshop Report | |
| The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products From Discovery Through Approval -- Workshop Summary | |
| Rare Diseases and Orphan Products: Accelerating Research and Development | |
| Redesigning the Clinical Effectiveness Research Paradigm: Innovation and Practice-Based Approaches -- Workshop Summary | |
| Regionalizing Emergency Care -- Workshop Summary | |
| Research Priorities for Assessing Health Effects From the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill -- A Letter Report | |
| Returning Home From Iraq and Afghanistan: Preliminary Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families Highlighted in this report. | |
| Review of the Proposal for the Gulf Long-Term Follow-Up Study: Highlights From the September 2010 Workshop -- Workshop Report | |
| The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy -- Workshop Summary | |
| The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking -- Workshop Report | |
| Sequence-Based Classification of Select Agents: A Brighter Line | |
| Seventeenth Interim Report of the Committee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels | |
| Sex Differences and Implications for Translational Neuroscience Research -- Workshop Summary | |
| Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States Highlighted in this report. | |
| A Summary of the February 2010 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Education | |
| A Summary of the December 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Care in the Community | |
| A Summary of the October 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care | |
| Toxicity Pathway-Based Risk Assessment: Preparing for Paradigm Change -- A Symposium Summary | |
| Transforming Clinical Research in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities -- Workshop Series | |
| The Value of Genetic and Genomic Technologies -- Workshop Summary | |
| Women's Health Research: Progress, Pitfalls, and Promise Highlighted in this report. |
Industry, Commerce, and Technology
| Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Light-Duty Vehicles Highlighted in this report. | |
| Certifiably Sustainable? The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems -- Report of a Workshop | |
| Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Expanding Biofuel Production and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels: Lessons for Sustainability From the Upper Midwest -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| The Future of Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level? | |
| Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Events Highlighted in this report. | |
| Overview and Summary of America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation | |
| Persistent Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies -- Report 2 | |
| Rebuilding a Real Economy: Unleashing Engineering Innovation -- Summary of a Forum | |
| Review of the Research Program of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership -- Third Report | |
| The Rise of Games and High Performance Computing for Modeling and Simulation | |
| Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 Highlighted in this report. | |
| Seeing Photons: Progress and Limits of Visible and Infrared Sensor Arrays | |
| Selling the Nation's Helium Reserve | |
| Technical Capabilities Necessary for Systemic Risk Regulation -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles Highlighted in this report. | |
| Technology for a Quieter America Highlighted in this report. | |
| Toward Better Usability, Security, and Privacy of Information Technology -- Report of a Workshop |
International Affairs
| Antibiotic Resistance: Implications for Global Health and Novel Intervention Strategies -- Workshop Summary | |
| The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the Development of Innovation Capacity in China and India -- Summary of a Conference | |
| Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World -- Workshop Summary | |
| International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources | |
| Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care -- Workshop Summary | |
| Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis -- Workshop Summary | |
| Perspectives From United Kingdom and United States Policy Makers on Obesity Prevention -- Workshop Summary | |
| The Power of Renewables: Opportunities and Challenges for China and the United States | |
| Preparing for the Challenges of Population Aging in Asia: Strengthening the Scientific Basis of Policy Development | |
| Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Shared Responsibility Highlighted in this report. | |
| Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health | |
| Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries | |
| S&T Strategies of Six Countries: Implications for the United States | |
| Strategic Approach to the Evaluation of Programs Implemented Under the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 | |
| The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| U.S.-Iran Engagement in Science, Engineering, and Health (2000-2009): Opportunities, Constraints, and Impacts | |
| Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Methods to Support International Climate Agreements |
Natural Resources and the Environment
| America's Climate Choices: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change Highlighted in this report. | |
| America's Climate Choices: Advancing the Science of Climate Change Highlighted in this report. | |
| America's Climate Choices: Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change Highlighted in this report. | |
| America's Climate Choices: Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change Highlighted in this report. | |
| Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability | |
| Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends: Integrating Demography and Abundance | |
| Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia Highlighted in this report. | |
| Ecosystem Concepts for Sustainable Bivalve Mariculture | |
| Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States | |
| Implementing the New Biology: Decadal Challenges Linking Food, Energy, and the Environment -- Summary of a Workshop, June 3-4, 2010 | |
| Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities | |
| Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Produced Water in the United States | |
| Missouri River Planning: Recognizing and Incorporating Sediment Management Highlighted in this report. | |
| Modeling the Economics of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation -- Summary of a Workshop | |
| Monitoring Climate Change Impacts: Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems | |
| Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean Highlighted in this report. | |
| Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource | |
| Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review, 2010 Highlighted in this report. | |
| Realizing the Energy Potential of Methane Hydrate for the United States | |
| Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's Draft IRIS Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene | |
| A Review of the Proposed Revisions to the Federal Principles and Guidelines Water Resources Planning Document | |
| Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study -- Report 3 | |
| Review of the WATERS Network Science Plan | |
| A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California's Bay-Delta Highlighted in this report. | |
| Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening | |
| Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century | |
| Tsunami Warning and Preparedness: An Assessment of the U.S. Tsunami Program and the Nation's Preparedness Efforts | |
| Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences | |
| Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution | |
| Waste Forms Technology and Performance -- Interim Report | |
| When Weather Matters: Science and Service to Meet Critical Societal Needs |



