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The federal government generates and increasingly saves a large and growing fraction of its records in electronic form. In 1998, the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) launched its Electronic Archives (ERA) program to create a system to preserve and provide access to federal electronic records. To assist in this project, NARA asked the NRC to conduct a two-phase study to provide advice as it develops the ERA program. The first ...

This report is the summary of a workshop held by The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Science December 13-14, 2004 to estimate the contributions of lifestyle-related factors to preventable death. The summary of this workshop includes presentations from experts in statistical design, epidemiology, quality-of-life measures, communication, and public policy and discussions among the participants. Panels of experts addressed ...

The essays in this collection focus on the part played by religion in the lives of women of various Christian denominations from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Religious Women and their History uncovers the histories of individuals and groups of women, who found in religion a means of self-expression, an obligation to public action, and in many cases an imperative to challenge the conventional understandings of the female role. In he...

Genomics is the study of the entire human genome. Genomics explores not only the actions of single genes, but also the interactions of multiple genes with each other and with the environment. As a result, genomics has great potential for improving the health of the public. However, realizing the benefits of genomics requires a systematic evaluation of its potential contributions and an understanding of the information necessary to facilitate t...

The global spread of science and technology expertise and the growing commercial access to advanced technologies with possible military application are creating potentially serious threats to the technological superiority underpinning U.S. military strength. Key to dealing with this situation is the ability of the U.S. intelligence community to be able to provide adequate and effective warning of evolving, critical technologies. To assist in p...

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Music plays in the mind's ear of a writer, Adam Mallino, who in the process of researching his novel, recalls a traumatic night that changes his life. Adam can dismiss a happening or catch the ordinary off guard with music that plays in his head, but can't release himself from a bizarre dream that continues to haunt him. Desperate to finish his book, deceived by his lover, and pressured to complete his novel, Adam accepts his literary agent's ...

Music plays in the mind's ear of a writer, Adam Mallino, who in the process of researching his novel, recalls a traumatic night that changes his life. Adam can dismiss a happening or catch the ordinary off guard with music that plays in his head, but can't release himself from a bizarre dream that continues to haunt him. Desperate to finish his book, deceived by his lover, and pressured to complete his novel, Adam accepts his literary agent's ...

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The horse world's "Trinny and Susannah" styles rules for looking really good on a horse. Find out what works best for your size, shape and colouring and catch everyone's eye, for all the right reasons! To be told that you should wear a tweed jacket for a certain class is all well and good, but what about the cut, colour and fit? Today with more choice of fabric, colour and styles in the horse world, there is much more chance to get your look w...

This third part of the AWLAE series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa focuses on the epidemic as a challenge to human development in general and rural development in particular. In the face of the impact of the epidemic as described in parts one and two of the series, the agricultural sector can play an important role in mitigating some of its effects. Strategies for agricultural intervention are of particular importance in sub...

This book analyses processes of desertification from a social science perspective and unravels the policy related to drivers of desertification. Desertification is addressed both as a concept surrounded by a multitude of different discourses and as a tangible unsustainable process that is connected to a complex set of policies and changing land management practices. The focus is on Southern Europe, where desertification has been a long-standin...

Moving, funny and captivating, this new novel by the author of The Lagahoo's Apprentice and Homer in Flight takes us to village Trinidad and a family headed by an irascible cane farmer who continually plots to improve life for his family and contemporaries, much to their dismay. Narpat thought he would never have a son, but after three girls, his wife gives birth to Jeeves, a scrawny little boy who comes to adore his storytelling father and wi...

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