Roadway fatalities and serious injuries are a significant public health concern in rural and tribal settings. Creating a coalition of interested individuals is part of the Safe System Approach that addresses the high rates of these fatalities and serious injuries.
BTSCRP Research Report 8: Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural and Tribal Areas: A Guide, from TRB's Behavioral Transportation Safety Cooperative Research Program, details this approach, which includes strategies for safer people, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer speeds, and post-crash care.
Supplemental to the report are BTSCRP Web-Only Document 4: Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural Areas and a video that explains how to create a logic model.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27197
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural and Tribal Areas: A Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Despite traumatic brain injury (TBI) being a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S., substantial unmet needs persist in TBI prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. The National Academies Forum on Traumatic Brain Injury hosted a public workshop in April 2024 to explore examples of recent research, development, and implementation of TBI diagnostic biomarkers, injury prevention technologies, clinical decision tools, and treatment approaches. Discussions explored examples of needs, opportunities, and challenges influencing innovation.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72991-2
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28258
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Examples of Technical Innovation for Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Ocean Acoustics - the study of sound in the ocean, how it travels, interacts with, and is affected by its underwater surroundings - is a growing and critical field. Sound from both natural and human-generated sources can be an effective tool for probing the ocean environment. While the first applications of ocean acoustics began in the military, applications today encompass offshore energy production, national security, environmental monitoring, climate science, exploration and mapping, as well as fundamental ocean science.
Even as demand for ocean acoustics grows, workforce development is challenged by both the multidisciplinary nature of the field and its widely varying career paths. Ocean acoustics may be housed in a diversity of departments in higher education institutions, and career paths and trajectory of formal education can range from the vocational/associates' level through the doctorate level. This report examines the state of ocean acoustics education; assesses expected demand for acoustics expertise over the next decade; identifies competencies required across higher education and professional training programs; and presents strategies to raise the profile of careers in ocean acoustics. The report recommends a number of actions that federal agencies, industry, and academia can take to develop the expertise needed to meet current and future workforce demands.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-70687-4
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27337
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Ocean Acoustics Education and Expertise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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In July 2024, the National Academies Roundtable on Obesity Solutions hosted a symposium to honor its 10th anniversary and discuss its next decade. Speakers considered the Roundtable's history of informing obesity research, policy, and practice. The event explored major developments toward prevention, treatment, and management of obesity, as well as ideas for meeting future challenges.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28579
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Roundtable on Obesity Solutions 10th Anniversary: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Clinical practice guidelines are condition- or disease-specific recommendations for the appropriate health care management of patients. Because guidelines can differ between different organizations, the National Academies Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health and National Cancer Policy Forum hosted a public workshop in October 2024 to explore how clinical guidelines can impact the adoption and coverage of genomic testing in routine medical care.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28572
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Exploring Clinical Guidelines for the Adoption of Genomic Testing: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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When disaster strikes, critical infrastructure failures can follow - from loss of power and water to failures of information technology infrastructure and systems. Threats to the nation's healthcare and public health (HPH) critical infrastructure are highly complex and rapidly evolving, creating potentially new or increased national health security risks and disruptions, challenging assumptions about the current and future resilience of HPH critical infrastructure design and operations, and altering the implications for interdependent sectors and workforce. In December 2024, the National Academies Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies hosted a public workshop to consider strategies, policies, and innovative actions to improve the resilience of HPH critical infrastructure concerning impacts from disasters and other emergencies.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73573-4
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29081
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Enhancing the Resilience of Health Care and Public Health Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Off-ramp barriers are typically tested in straight, level conditions. However, real-world installations are often on curves with superelevation. This can affect how well they perform in crashes, especially when transitioning between highways and ramps.
NCHRP Research Report 1138: Evaluating the Performance of Longitudinal Barriers on Curved, Superelevated Off-Ramps, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, aims to gain additional insights and establish guidelines relative to the crash performance of longitudinal barriers when placed on varying curved, superelevated ramp sections.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73155-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28589
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Evaluating the Performance of Longitudinal Barriers on Curved, Superelevated Off-Ramps. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Committee on National Statistics convened a workshop on September 25-26, 2024, to explore methodological, analytical, and statistical frontiers in the social and behavioral sciences. The workshop identified innovative approaches that deserve more research attention and could benefit more than one discipline. The workshop considered the latest developments and directions in approaches such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, new study designs, technologies, and data sources, causal and spatial analysis, and methods for data protection and dissemination. This proceedings of a workshop-in brief summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73575-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29083
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Future Directions for Social and Behavioral Science Methodologies in the Next Decade: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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NCHRP Web-Only Document 417: Background and Resources for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is a supplement to NCHRP Research Report 1139: Considerations for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29032
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Background and Resources for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Grouted tendons are predominantly used for post-tensioned concrete bridge elements in the United States. However, because of potential durability issues with grouted tendons, some highway agencies have opted to use ungrouted tendons for post-tensioning to facilitate replacement.
NCHRP Research Report 1139: Considerations for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, provides information on the different aspects of the design and construction of post-tensioned concrete bridge elements with unbonded tendons or a combination of bonded and unbonded tendons.
Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Web-Only Document 417: Background and Resources for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73419-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29033
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Considerations for the Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Bridge Elements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies convenes public- and private-sector leaders to improve the nation's preparedness for, response to, and recovery from disasters, public health emergencies, and emerging threats. The forum fosters in-depth policy discussion and collaboration to identify barriers and explore solutions to ensure and sustain national security, promote recovery, and enhance resilience. This publication describes the activities of the forum during 2024.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29090
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies: 2024 Annual Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD), a collection of neurodegenerative conditions, take a heavy physical, emotional, and financial toll on individuals, families, and communities. Developing effective strategies for preventing and treating these conditions, which impact millions of people in the United States, is one of the most pressing needs in biomedical research today. The National Institutes of Health has invested billions of dollars in this research, which has led to numerous scientific advances over the last decade. However, the pace of progress has not kept up with the growing needs of people living with AD/ADRD and those at risk.
Consequently, the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke asked the National Academies to convene an expert committee to examine and assess the current state of biomedical research and recommend research priorities to advance the prevention and treatment of AD/ADRD. Preventing and Treating Dementia outlines these research priorities and recommends strategies to overcome barriers to progress.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28588
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Preventing and Treating Dementia: Research Priorities to Accelerate Progress. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Women's empowerment, population dynamics, and socioeconomic development have been studied extensively from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. However, attempts to reconcile these perspectives and apply a holistic view to the relationships among these concepts have been rare, and this lack of consensus limits the extent to which these concepts can be applied toward accomplishing global health and development goals.
This report looks to advance the state of knowledge on the impact of women's empowerment and associated population dynamics on socioeconomic development by developing a conceptual framework describing these dynamics and setting an agenda for future policy-relevant research and data collection.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72624-7
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27955
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Women's Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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As of August 2024, dozens of bills across more than half of the U.S. had introduced legislation limiting or prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in academia. The National Academies Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity hosted a public hybrid workshop in October 2024 to explore the effects of the changing DEI legislation and policies landscape on the health care and public health workforce. Presenters gave special focus to the impact of changes on medical and public health training, curriculum, research, and recruitment, and highlighted potential solutions for mitigating adverse effects of policy changes. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29075
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Exploring the Changing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Legislation and Policy Landscape and Its Impact on Health and Public Health's Workforce, Education, Training, and Research: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Grapevine red blotch disease (GRBD) and grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) are growing threats to the California wine and wine grape sector, which contributes $73 billion annually to the state's economy. These viral diseases not only reduce grape yield and the productive lifespan of vineyards but also affect sugars and other aspects of fruit quality that are relevant to wine flavor profiles. Due to the complexity of the processing and aging winemaking involves, it can take years for the full impact of both diseases on the quality of the final product to become apparent.
At the request of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, this report reviews the current state of GRBD and GLD knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps, and proposes key research and actions that could help reduce the spread and economic impact of these diseases. The report sets out guidance that could help improve GRBD and GLD management and offers strategies that may yield promising solutions for managing these diseases.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-71550-4
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27472
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Advancing Vineyard Health: Insights and Innovations for Combating Grapevine Red Blotch and Leafroll Diseases. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Most airports, whether they realize it or not, use geospatial data. Traditionally, spatial data has been documented on paper to identify airport assets; as technology has progressed, information on spatial data has become more accurate. Today, geospatial software systems, such as geographic information systems, computer-aided design, and building information modeling, make acquiring and maintaining geospatial data easier.
ACRP Research Report 278: Geospatial Data Governance Policies and Procedures: A Guide, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, provides guidance to airport operators on how to create a data governance strategy for airports and stakeholders, including roles and responsibilities, policies, data collection standards, procedures, data exchange, security, and maintenance.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73309-X
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28857
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Geospatial Data Governance Policies and Procedures: A Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Despite decades of ongoing efforts to improve racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials, many gaps remain in achieving demographic representation in clinical studies. In May 2024, the National Academies Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, in collaboration with the National Cancer Policy Forum, hosted a public workshop to explore system-level changes and initiatives across organizations and sectors to improve representation, data collection, and reporting in clinical trials and progress tracking in the United States.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-73145-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28587
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Toward a Framework to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Trials: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Our planet is facing many complex environmental challenges, including the loss of biodiversity and rapidly changing climate conditions, driven by intensifying human-nature interactions worldwide. Dramatic advances in the biological sciences over recent years are made possible by new tools to study life at many scales, from identifying mutations in a single gene to monitoring changes in plants, animals, and microbes over an entire continent. These tools have the potential to usher in a new era of continental-scale biology (CSB) in which researchers can combine data from various realms across organizational, spatial, and temporal scales, addressing questions on biological processes and patterns that cannot be answered by observations at either small or large scales alone.
This report, prepared at the request of the National Science Foundation, sets out a vision for the development of CSB and identifies the research areas that could most benefit from multi-scale approaches. Advancing the use of CSB to address a wide range of biological and societal challenges will require the development of integrated conceptual frameworks and theories to guide research, deployment of emerging technologies, and development of a skilled workforce to synthesize the vast amounts of data from various sources.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-71135-5
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27285
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. A Vision for Continental-Scale Biology: Research Across Multiple Scales. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Since 2018, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have convened scientists to discuss cutting-edge sustainability research and practices. This workshop, the third in a series, took place November 21-22, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary and virtually, with a focus on food systems and sustainability.The objectives of the workshop were to promote scientific coordination, cooperation, and collaboration between China and the United States on food systems and sustainability; examine the state of food systems and sustainability research and practices and identify priority areas for scientific collaboration on specific challenges; and discuss opportunities for advancing policy options in China and the United States, including a solution-focused approach.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73572-6
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https://doi.org/10.17226/29079
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. China-U.S. Scientific Engagement: Food Systems and Sustainability: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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