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Trends Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention

By: International Union of Microbiological Societies,International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,IAPâ¬"The Global Network of Science Academies,Chinese Academy of Sciences,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention: An International Workshop

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Trends Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention

During the last decade, national and international scientific organizations have become increasingly engaged in considering how to respond to the biosecurity implications of developments in the life sciences and in assessing trends in science and technology (S&T) relevant to biological and chemical weapons nonproliferation. The latest example is an international workshop, Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological Weapons Convention, held October 31 - November 3, 2010 at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Life Sciences and Related Fields summarizes the workshop, plenary, and breakout discussion sessions held during this convention. Given the immense diversity of current research and development, the report is only able to provide an overview of the areas of science and technology the committee believes are potentially relevant to the future of the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention (BWC), although there is an effort to identify areas that seemed particularly ripe for further exploration and analysis. The report offers findings and conclusions organized around three fundamental and frequently cited trends in S&T that affect the scope and operation of the convention: The rapid pace of change in the life sciences and related fields; The increasing diffusion of life sciences research capacity and its applications, both internationally and beyond traditional research institutions; and The extent to which additional scientific and technical disciplines beyond biology are increasingly involved in life sciences research. The report does not make recommendations about policy options to respond to the implications of the identified trends. The choice of such responses rests with the 164 States Parties to the Convention, who must take into account multiple factors beyond the project's focus on the state of the science.

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0309210712

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Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Summary of an International Workshop

By: National Research Council,International Union of Microbiological Societies,International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,IAPâ¬"The Global Network of Science Academies,Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Summary of an International Workshop

This report offers a summary of the substantive presentations during an international workshop, Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, held October 31 - November 3, 2010 at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is meant to provide scientists and other technical experts with factual information about the range and variety of topics discussed at the workshop, which may be of interest to national governments and non-governmental organizations as they begin to prepare for the 7th Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC) in 2011. The Beijing workshop reflected the continuing engagement by national academies international scientific organizations, and individual scientists and engineers in considering the biosecurity implications of developments in the life sciences and assessing trends in science and technology (S&T) relevant to nonproliferation. The workshop provided an opportunity for the scientific community to discuss the implications of relevant developments in S&T for multiple aspects of the BWC. Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention follows the structure of the plenary sessions at the workshop. It begins with introductory material about the BWC and current examples of the types and modes of science advice available to the BWC and other international nonproliferation and disarmament agreements, in particular the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This report includes only a very brief description of the some of the post-presentation discussions held during the plenary sessions - and does not include an account of the small breakout groups - since these were intended to inform the committee's finding and conclusions and will be reflected in the final report.

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0309209293

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Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories

Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Committee on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories

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Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories

Summary of a Workshop

During July 10-13, 2011, 68 participants from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul, Turkey for a workshop organized by the United States National Research Council on Anticipating Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-containment Biological Laboratories. The United States Department of State's Biosecurity Engagement Program sponsored the workshop, which was held in partnership with the Turkish Academy of Sciences. The international workshop examined biosafety and biosecurity issues related to the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of high-containment biological laboratories- equivalent to United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention biological safety level 3 or 4 labs. Although these laboratories are needed to characterize highly dangerous human and animal pathogens, assist in disease surveillance, and produce vaccines, they are complex systems with inherent risks. Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories summarizes the workshop discussion, which included the following topics: Technological options to meet diagnostic, research, and other goals; Laboratory construction and commissioning; Operational maintenance to provide sustainable capabilities, safety, and security; and Measures for encouraging a culture of responsible conduct. Workshop attendees described the history and current challenges they face in their individual laboratories. Speakers recounted steps they were taking to improve safety and security, from running training programs to implementing a variety of personnel reliability measures. Many also spoke about physical security, access controls, and monitoring pathogen inventories. Workshop participants also identified tensions in the field and suggested possible areas for action.

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0309225752

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9780309225755

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity

Summary of an International Meeting

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Committee on International Outreach Activities on Biosecurity

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The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity

Summary of an International Meeting

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 to reduce the risk that the results of their work could be used for hostile purposes by terrorists and states. The participants who gathered in Budapest were already engaged in this challenging task, and, therefore, the focus of the meeting was on what had been accomplished and what challenges remained. There was no attempt to achieve consensus, since there exist real and important differences among those involved concerning the appropriate policies and actions to be undertaken. But there was a serious effort to identify a range of potential next steps, and also an effort to identify opportunities where international scientific organizations could make substantive contributions and offer their advice and expertise to policy discussions. The Forum's presentations, discussions, and results are summarized in this book.

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0309128293

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IFIS Dictionary of Food Science and Technology

By: International Food Information Service

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IFIS Dictionary of Food Science and Technology

By: International Food Information Service

“When comparing this dictionary, there is very little competition at all… a very useful resource in the industrial, profession-al and supporting research areas, as well as for non-food scientists who have supervisory and management responsibility in a food area.” –Food & Beverage Reporter, Nov/Dec 2009 “I would thoroughly recommend this book to food scientists and technologists throughout the universities, research establishments and food and pharmaceutical companies. Librarians in all such establishments should ensure that they have copies on their shelves.” –International Journal of Dairy Technology, November 2009 “A must-own.” –Food Industry News, August 2009 IFIS has been producing quality comprehensive information for the world’s food science, food technology and nutrition community since its foundation in 1968 and, through its production of FSTA – Food Science and Technology Abstracts, has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence. Distilled from the extensive data held and maintained by IFIS, the dictionary is easy to use and has been rigorously edited and cross-referenced. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition, this landmark publication features: 8,612 entries including 763 new entries and over 1,500 revised entries Reflects current usage in the scientific literature Includes local names, synonyms and Latin names, as appropriate Extensive cross-referencing Scientific editing from the team at IFIS

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1405187409

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Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China

Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for CODATA

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Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China

Summary of a Workshop

By: National Research Council,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for CODATA

Preservation of and open access to digital scientific resources are essential to global research, yet the challenges in storing and maintaining access to these collections are substantial. China faces major hurdles in this regard. A workshop held in June 2004 in Beijing convened scientific information managers, digital archiving experts, national science policy and funding officials, and representatives of development organizations to explore the scientific and technical, legal and policy, institutional and economic, and management aspects of creating sustainable and accessible archives of digital health and environmental data in China.

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0309102308

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9780309102308

Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station

By: National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Space Studies Board,Task Group for the Evaluation of NASA's Biotechnology Facility for the International Space Station

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Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station

Under current NASA plans, investigations in the area of biotechnology will be a significant component of the life sciences research to be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). They encompass work on cell science and studies of the use of microgravity to grow high-quality protein crystals. Both these subdisciplines are advancing rapidly in terrestrial laboratories, fueled by federal and industrial research budgets that dwarf those of NASA's life science program. Forging strong and fruitful connections between the space investigations and laboratory-bench biologists, a continual challenge for NASA' s life sciences program, is thus of great importance to ensuring the excellence of ISS research. This report evaluates the plan for NASA's biotechnology facility on the ISS and the scientific context that surrounds it, and makes recommendations on how the facility can be made more effective. In addition to questions about optimizing the instrumentation, the report addresses strategies for enhancing the scientific impact and improving the outreach to mainstream terrestrial biology. No major redirection of effort is called for, but collectively the specific, targeted changes recommended by the task group would have a major effect on the conduct of biotechnology research in space.

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0309069750

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Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States

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Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States explores the role and impact of students and scholars on US educational institutions and the US economy. The nation has drawn increasingly on human resources abroad for its science and engineering workforce. However, competition for talent has grown as other countries have expanded their research infrastructure and created more opportunities for international students. The report discusses trends in international student enrollments, stay rates, and examines the impact of visa policies on international mobility of the highly skilled.

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0309096138

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9780309096133

Proliferation Concerns

Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

By: Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

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Proliferation Concerns

Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

By: Committee on International Security and Arms Control,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities and technologies. Preventing the flow of such items to countries of proliferation concern and to terrorist groups is a major objective of U.S. national security policy. This book reviews the effectiveness of two U.S. programs directed to this objective. These programs have supported the efforts of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakstan in upgrading the physical protection, control, and accountability of highly enriched uranium and plutonium and strengthening systems to control the export of many types of militarily sensitive items.

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0309524563

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Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economic valuation

Regional impacts of ocean acidification on fisheries and aquaculture

By: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Global Marine and Polar Programme.

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Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economic valuation

Regional impacts of ocean acidification on fisheries and aquaculture

By: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Global Marine and Polar Programme.

Following the first international workshop on the economics of ocean acidification organized by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2010, a second international workshop was held in November 2012, which explored the level of risk, and the resilience or vulnerability of defined regions of the world ocean in terms of fishery and aquaculture species and economic impacts, and social adaptation. This report includes the findings and recommendations of the respective regional working groups and is the result of an interdisciplinary survey of ocean acidification-sensitive fisheries and aquaculture.

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283171723X

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Twenty-First Century Ecosystems

Managing the Living World Two Centuries After Darwin: Report of a Symposium

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,U.S. National Committee for DIVERSITAS,Committee for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Symposium

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Twenty-First Century Ecosystems

Managing the Living World Two Centuries After Darwin: Report of a Symposium

The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, February 12, 2009, occurred at a critical time for the United States and the world. In honor of Darwin's birthday, the National Research Council appointed a committee under the auspices of the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for DIVERSITAS to plan a Symposium on Twenty-first Century Ecosystems. The purpose of the symposium was to capture some of the current excitement and recent progress in scientific understanding of ecosystems, from the microbial to the global level, while also highlighting how improved understanding can be applied to important policy issues that have broad biodiversity and ecosystem effects. The aim was to help inform new policy approaches that could satisfy human needs while also maintaining the integrity of the goods and services provided by biodiversity and ecosystems over both the short and the long terms. This report summarizes the views expressed by symposium participants; however, it does not provide a session-by-session summary of the presentations at the symposium. Instead, the symposium steering committee identified eight key themes that emerged from the lectures, which were addressed in different contexts by different speakers. The focus here is on general principles rather than specifics. These eight themes provide a sharp focus on a few concepts that enable scientists, environmental NGOs, and policy makers to engage more effectively around issues of central importance for biodiversity and ecosystem management.

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0309209013

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U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology

Challenges for the 1990s

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan

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U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology

Challenges for the 1990s

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan

U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology provides an assessment of the extent and nature of the rapidly expanding linkages between the United States and Japan in biotechnology. Through analysis of aggregate data and case studies, the book assesses the implications of these linkages for the competitiveness of the U.S. biotechnology industry and provides concrete suggestions on what can be done to ensure that the linkages bring benefits to the United States.

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Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Trends in Science and Technology Relevant to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories

Biosecurity Challenges of the Global Expansion of High-Containment Biological Laboratories

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity

The 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity

IFIS Dictionary of Food Science and Technology

IFIS Dictionary of Food Science and Technology

Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China

Strategies for Preservation of and Open Access to Scientific Data in China

Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station

Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States

Proliferation Concerns

Proliferation Concerns

Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economic valuation

Bridging the gap between ocean acidification impacts and economic valuation

Twenty-First Century Ecosystems

Twenty-First Century Ecosystems

U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology

U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology

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