Commercial disputes among owners, contractors, and subcontractors on construction projects are a fact of life, regardless of how hard parties might try to avoid them. Sometimes these disputes get resolved quickly at the project level, but sometimes the dispute is handled through litigation.
NCHRP Legal Research Digest 92: Resolving Construction Disputes: Review of State DOT Processes, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, aims to build a better understanding of what state departments of transportation (DOTs) are doing in terms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes and reviews state DOT practices for construction disputes.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27891
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Resolving Construction Disputes: Review of State DOT Processes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Preventive maintenance is crucial to help improve and extend the life cycle of airport facilities, systems, and components. An asset management plan implements preventive maintenance and allows an asset to reach its maximum life cycle or service life without a reactive approach.
ACRP Research Report 273: Quantifying the Impacts of Delayed Maintenance of Airport Assets: A Guide, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, provides a framework, process, and tools designed to help airports manage their budgets and assets by quantifying the impact of delayed preventive maintenance.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72647-6
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27960
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Quantifying the Impacts of Delayed Maintenance of Airport Assets: A Guide. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Historical unethical practices such as systemic racism and structural discrimination have negatively impacted the trustworthiness of genomics research, particularly with underrepresented populations. Working collaboratively with populations through community engagement can improve the quality of the science and the research benefits to the communities. The National Academies Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health held a July 2024 workshop to explore the challenges and opportunities for long-term, sustained community engagement and partnerships in genomics research.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-72926-2
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28044
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Sustaining Community Engagement in Genomics Research: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Indigenous American and tribal nations and communities represent an important component of the U.S. medical and public health emergency preparedness and response system. As public health threats grow, Indigenous knowledge and practices are and will be critical to improving preparedness and response systems. The National Academies Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies hosted a public workshop in July 2024 to explore opportunities to support the capacity of Indigenous American and tribal communities and nations to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and public health emergencies.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73012-0
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28284
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Strengthening Indigenous America: Building Resilience Through Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Pavement structures are designed, constructed, and maintained to support traffic loadings and to minimize the impact of climatic factors on pavement performance. However, variation in environmental factors such as surface temperature and moisture content can result in changes in pavement material properties and impact performance. For asphalt pavement layers, the most significant environmental factor influencing performance is temperature, and for jointed plain concrete pavements, it is temperature and moisture gradients between the top and the bottom of the slab.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 416: LTPP Data Analysis: Improving Use of FWD and Longitudinal Profile Measurements, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, presents the development of an approach to adjust falling weight deflectometer measurements to account for changes in temporal and diurnal temperature and moisture conditions for asphalt pavements and to evaluate longitudinal profile measurements to account for curl and warp of jointed plain concrete pavements.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-73075-9
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28570
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. LTPP Data Analysis: Improving Use of FWD and Longitudinal Profile Measurements. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Airport arts programs benefit passengers, stakeholders, and airports by displaying visually appealing exhibits through the airport journey that can highlight the airport and provide cultural education about the area.
ACRP Synthesis 135: Methods of Airport Arts Program Management, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, describes management methods that airports and their arts program administrators use to implement, operate, and manage their programs.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27988
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Methods of Airport Arts Program Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is linked to millions of deaths globally each year. As an evolving public health threat, there is a need to further develop methods to quantify AMR's burden within medical practice and other sectors like food production. The National Academies Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop in March 2024 to explore the burden of AMR and discuss clinical, scientific, and policy strategies for addressing the growing AMR health threat across sectors.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-72924-6
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https://doi.org/10.17226/28039
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Assessing the Burden of and Potential Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Infant formula is a primary or supplementary source of nutrition for many infants in the U.S. Consequently, disruptions to the supply of infant formula can have a severe impact on infants' health and well-being. In late 2021 and early 2022, a recall of specific infant formula products, followed by a pause in production, resulted in a widespread, national shortage. The incident demonstrated that additional risk management planning is needed to protect infants from the consequences of potential future supply chain disruptions.
In 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration contracted with the National Academies to convene an expert committee to examine and report on challenges in supply, market competition, and regulation of infant formula. The resulting consensus study report explains policy and marketplace vulnerabilities that were exposed during the shortage, describes the extent to which actions taken by relevant stakeholders addressed these vulnerabilities, identifies remaining gaps in the system, and recommends actions to reduce the risk and lessen the effect of any future disruption to the infant formula supply chain.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-71896-1
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27765
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Challenges in Supply, Market Competition, and Regulation of Infant Formula in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Over the next several decades, airports must confront diverse challenges that span factors such as operations, environmental sustainability, and integration with broader intercity and local transportation networks. Furthermore, airports must confront these challenges within the context of their local communities; airports are expected to be economic engines, good neighbors, and resilient in response to natural or man-made disasters.
ACRP Research Report 271: Envisioning the Future of U.S. Airports, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, is based on a visioning exercise conducted with a wide variety of airport stakeholders and identifies potential future outcomes and the issues and challenges that will need to be addressed to achieve the desired future.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72659-X
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27969
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Envisioning the Future of U.S. Airports. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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This catalog documents Xavier Cortada: Climate Science Art, an exhibition featuring Miami-based artist Xavier Cortada's climate change-focused artwork from Miami-Dade County, Florida, and the North and South Pole, spanning 2007 to the present. The exhibition was on view at the National Academy of Sciences from July 10 through December 31, 2024. Cortada initiated The Underwater, a community-led climate action project, to raise awareness about sea level rise. It uses interactive public art installations, including yard signs, murals, and sustainable concrete markers, to reveal South Florida's elevation, spark conversations, and spur civic engagement. The exhibition also featured earlier examples of Cortada's projects exploring ideas of global interconnectedness to raise awareness about the realities of climate change. The catalog features the transcript of an interview with Jennifer Jurado, chief resilience officer and deputy director of the Resilient Environment Department, Broward County, Florida, and an essay by xtine burrough, a media artist known for her work in digital poetry, social media interventions, artist books, and prints.
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National Academy of Sciences. 2024. Xavier Cortada: Climate Science Art. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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In February 2024, the National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education co-hosted a public workshop with Penn Dental Medicine to explore value proposition for oral health promotion and disease prevention. Experts from around the globe representing multiple sectors, discussed the value of holistic oral health, particularly for those with disabilities, and the importance of interprofessional education and collaborative practices aimed at whole-person oral health care.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Whole-Person Oral Health Education: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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2023 marked the 10-year anniversary of the National Academies Institute of Medicine consensus report, "Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis." The National Cancer Policy Forum and the American Society of Clinical Oncology co-hosted a public workshop in October 2023 to provide an opportunity for the cancer community to gauge progress on the implementation of the report recommendations and to discuss persistent challenges in achieving excellent and equitable cancer care. Workshop speakers considered actions that could be taken to improve progress, as well as aspects of cancer care that have changed over the past decade and thus might require new strategies to advance the delivery of high-quality cancer care.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27779
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Assessing and Advancing Progress in the Delivery of High-Quality Cancer Care: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are collaborations among public and private entities (e.g., government agencies, research institutions, nonprofit organizations, and industry organizations) that bring together diverse expertise, resources, and perspectives to solve complex challenges. The National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum, in collaboration with the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, hosted a public workshop in October 2023 to examine opportunities to improve the care and outcomes for patients with cancer through PPPs for clinical cancer research.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Optimizing Public–Private Partnerships for Clinical Cancer Research: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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After new airline service has been acquired, preparing for the airline to launch service requires advance planning and coordination between the airport and new airline. Onboarding a new airline involves multiple people and/or departments at the airport.
ACRP Synthesis 134: Airport Practices for Onboarding a New Passenger Airline, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, describes airport practices and approaches as to how airport staff prepare to onboard a new passenger airline.
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ISBN Paperback: 0-309-72478-3
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27918
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Airport Practices for Onboarding a New Passenger Airline. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The National Academies held a 5-part webinar series in May and June 2024 to explore social determinants of health that negatively impact maternal health outcomes. The webinars gathered health care providers, researchers, and academicians to share data and the lived experiences of pregnant persons from historically marginalized communities. Topics included maternal mental health care, community-based care, bias awareness, and building health care trust in historically marginalized pregnant persons. This proceedings highlights the presentations and discussions that occurred at the workshop.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Considering Maternal Health Disparities: Proceedings of a Workshop Series—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Transportation agencies have been presented with increased disruptions to supply chains and other transportation networks caused by naturally occurring and other unanticipated events, such as extreme weather events and the COVID-19 pandemic. These disruptions can substantially affect the resilience of the supply chain against unanticipated disruptions and ultimately affect the economic vitality of the industries and communities involved.
NCHRP Research Report 1118: Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Networks, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, provides a guide for state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies seeking to define and strategically integrate resilience into transportation networks and network planning.
Supplemental to the report are NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 1: Resilience Case Studies and NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 2: Network Resilience Toolkit and Techniques, an Executive Summary, Presentation Slides, a Resilience Brochure, an Implementation Plan, and a Video.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27919
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Networks. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Increasing the resilience of transportation networks affects transportation operations and many other networks and systems. For example, the transportation network is the backbone of supply chains that produce, transport, and deliver critical products.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 1: Resilience Case Studies, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, highlights frameworks, tools, methods, and data needs. NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 2: Network Resilience Toolkit and Techniques, summarizes tools for assessing the resilience of physical infrastructure as well as institutional arrangements for supporting resilience.
A companion publication is NCHRP Research Report 1118: Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Networks, which provides a guide for state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies seeking to define and strategically integrate resilience into transportation networks and network planning.
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27920
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 1: Resilience Case Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Several tools have been developed to assess the resilience of transportation networks.
NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 2: Network Resilience Toolkit and Techniques, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, summarizes tools for assessing the resilience of physical infrastructure as well as institutional arrangements for supporting resilience. NCHRP Web-Only Document 391: Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 1: Resilience Case Studies, highlights frameworks, tools, methods, and data needs.
A companion publication is NCHRP Research Report 1118: Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Networks, which provides a guide for state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies seeking to define and strategically integrate resilience into transportation networks and network planning.
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-72489-9
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https://doi.org/10.17226/27921
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Resilience in Transportation Networks, Volume 2: Network Resilience Toolkit and Techniques. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (the Guide) is a primary international reference on animal care and use in research. This resource provides guidelines for institutions to develop animal research programs that support high-quality science while also embracing humane treatment of animals, and its use is required for federal compliance with the U.S. Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. To inform future updates or revisions to the Guide, the Standing Committee for the Care and Use of Animals in Research held 25 listening sessions over a 2.5-year period with a wide array of interest groups. These listening sessions, together with the Veterinary Consortium for Research Animal Care and Welfare Guide Revision Survey, established themes for a workshop where key topics could be explored in greater depth.
The 2-day virtual workshop, held on April 23 and 24, 2024, brought together experts from diverse backgrounds, including laboratory animal experts, researchers, veterinary medicine practitioners, engineers, and members of professional societies, with representatives from academia, industry, federal agencies, and an accrediting organization, to share perspectives on a range of topics relevant to future Guide updates.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Future Topical Updates to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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