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Going Dutch

By: Alan James,Research Professor of International Relations Alan James

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Going Dutch

By: Alan James,Research Professor of International Relations Alan James

DescriptionAlan James is "Chipmunka's" local "Big Issue" vendor. "Chipmunka's" Jason Pegler encouraged him to write about his experiences and "Ten Years After" was the result. His second book "Going Dutch" is his account of selling the Amsterdam street paper "Z" during Holland's coldest winter for 30 years, and details the similarities and differences between homelessness in Amsterdam and London. About the AuthorAlan James was born in 1951in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, where he was also brought up. He left grammar school in 1969 with 6 'O' Levels and two 'A' Levels. Alan attended teacher training college in 1971, but dropped out to sell paintings door to door. He dropped back in again in 1980 and got a second class honours degree in Humanities at Sunderland Poly in 1983. Alan has only ever used this degree to get a job once, in Greece from 1991-93, where he taught English in Athens. Then, after surviving a nervous breakdown, he came back to England where he has been selling the 'Big Issue' all around the UK and for most of the last ten years.

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1849913072

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System-specific Spare Bus Ratios

By: Judith T. Pierce,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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System-specific Spare Bus Ratios

By: Judith T. Pierce,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Documents critical site specific variables that influence transit agencies' spare bus ratio policies. It profiles a select group of transit agencies of varying sizes and geographic locations and describes their operating environments in order to relate how these affect the number of spare buses each agency needs to meet its service requirements.

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0309058562

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9780309058568

Reducing the Visual Impact of Overhead Contact Systems

By: John S. Kulpa,Arthur D. Schwartz,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Reducing the Visual Impact of Overhead Contact Systems

By: John S. Kulpa,Arthur D. Schwartz,Transit Cooperative Research Program

This report defines Overhead Contact Systems (OCSs) and describes the function of OCSs for trolleybus and light rail systems. The report describes nonintrusive and intrusive designs, considering the overall visual impact of those designs on intersections or street segments and the complete effect that hardware has in any given location. It discusses the influence system design has on visual impact including the need for emergency wire and the use of one-way operation to minimize visual impact in trolleybus systems. Further, it investigates how the turning capability in trolleybus and light rail OCS design may have an effect on visual impact. The report considers the effect of curve design and the design of the electrical distribution systems on the appearance of light rail. An approach to evaluating the visual impact of trolleybus intersections is presented. This report concludes that the visual impact of OCSs can only be reduced if such reduction is made a specific goal throughout the design process.

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0309057108

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9780309057103

Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration

Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board,Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space

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Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration

Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era

More than four decades have passed since a human first set foot on the Moon. Great strides have been made in our understanding of what is required to support an enduring human presence in space, as evidenced by progressively more advanced orbiting human outposts, culminating in the current International Space Station (ISS). However, of the more than 500 humans who have so far ventured into space, most have gone only as far as near-Earth orbit, and none have traveled beyond the orbit of the Moon. Achieving humans' further progress into the solar system had proved far more difficult than imagined in the heady days of the Apollo missions, but the potential rewards remain substantial. During its more than 50-year history, NASA's success in human space exploration has depended on the agency's ability to effectively address a wide range of biomedical, engineering, physical science, and related obstacles-an achievement made possible by NASA's strong and productive commitments to life and physical sciences research for human space exploration, and by its use of human space exploration infrastructures for scientific discovery. The Committee for the Decadal Survey of Biological and Physical Sciences acknowledges the many achievements of NASA, which are all the more remarkable given budgetary challenges and changing directions within the agency. In the past decade, however, a consequence of those challenges has been a life and physical sciences research program that was dramatically reduced in both scale and scope, with the result that the agency is poorly positioned to take full advantage of the scientific opportunities offered by the now fully equipped and staffed ISS laboratory, or to effectively pursue the scientific research needed to support the development of advanced human exploration capabilities. Although its review has left it deeply concerned about the current state of NASA's life and physical sciences research, the Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space is nevertheless convinced that a focused science and engineering program can achieve successes that will bring the space community, the U.S. public, and policymakers to an understanding that we are ready for the next significant phase of human space exploration. The goal of this report is to lay out steps and develop a forward-looking portfolio of research that will provide the basis for recapturing the excitement and value of human spaceflight-thereby enabling the U.S. space program to deliver on new exploration initiatives that serve the nation, excite the public, and place the United States again at the forefront of space exploration for the global good.

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National Academies Press

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0309163846

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9780309163842

2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Laboratory Assessments Board,Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

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2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Laboratory Assessments Board,Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the corporate laboratory for the U.S. army, which bridges scientific and military communities. The ARL is critical in maintaining the United States' dominant military power through its advanced research and analysis capabilities. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) conducts biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the facilities. These assessments are necessary to ensure that the ARL's resources and quality of programs are maximized. 2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory includes findings and recommendations regarding the quality of the ARL's research, development, and analysis programs. The report of the assessment is subdivided by the ARL's Science and Technology campaigns, including Materials Research, Sciences for Lethality and Protection, Information Sciences, Computational Sciences, Sciences for Maneuver, Human Sciences, and Analysis and Assessment. This biennial report summarizes the findings for the 2017-2018 period.

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0309491576

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9780309491570

Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use

Lessons From Norplant

By: Committee on Contraceptive Research and Development,Division of Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

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Contraceptive Research, Introduction, and Use

Lessons From Norplant

By: Committee on Contraceptive Research and Development,Division of Health Sciences Policy,Institute of Medicine

As the first real contraceptive innovation in over 20 years, and as a long-acting method requiring clinical intervention for application and removal, the implantable contraceptive Norplant has raised a wide range of issues that could offer valuable lessons about the problems to be addressed if other new contraceptive technologies are to enter the marketplace. In April 1997 an Institute of Medicine workshop on implant contraceptives reviewed newly available data on Norplant's efficacy, safety, and use; identified lessons to be learned about the method's development, introduction, use, and market experience; and explored approaches to developing and introducing new contraceptives based on those lessons. This resulting book contains an examination of Norplant's efficacy and safety, its user populations, training for insertion and removal, consumer perspectives (quality of care, informed decisionmaking, and consumer involvement), and new approaches to contraceptive development and introduction. An appendix contains summaries of 17 workshop presentations.

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0309591538

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9780309591539

Guidelines for Transit Facility Signing and Graphics

By: Transit Cooperative Research Program,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Guidelines for Transit Facility Signing and Graphics

By: Transit Cooperative Research Program,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Presents the results of a research project to develop a graphics design manual describing the use of signs and symbols which provide for the safe, secure, and efficient movement of passengers to and through transit facilities.

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0309057159

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9780309057158

Artificial Intelligence for Transit Railcar Diagnostics

By: Ian P. Mulholland,Raymond A. Oren,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Artificial Intelligence for Transit Railcar Diagnostics

By: Ian P. Mulholland,Raymond A. Oren,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

This report documents and presents the results of a study to determine the feasibility of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to the diagnosis of transit railcars. The AI techniques investigated were expert systems, case-based reasoning, model-based reasoning, artificial neural networks, computer vision, fuzzy logic, and a procedural knowledge-based system. Site surveys were conducted at transit railcar maintenance facilities and at railcar subsystem suppliers. The site surveys gathered information about current and future diagnostic and maintenance practices, possible barriers to implementing advanced AI technology, and maintenance cost data. An economic analysis was performed to provide an estimate of cost savings expected by reducing the diagnostic effort.

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0309053641

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Inspection Policy and Procedures for Rail Transit Tunnels and Underground Structures

By: Henry A. Russell,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Inspection Policy and Procedures for Rail Transit Tunnels and Underground Structures

By: Henry A. Russell,Transit Cooperative Research Program

Describes the current state of the practice for specific management policies and procedures and engineering/physical techniques used to inspect rail transit tunnels and underground structures. It discusses the available data on, different approaches of, and potential data inadequacies for agency rail transit tunnel inspection policies and procedures and inspection techniques.

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0309060176

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9780309060172

Light Rail Vehicle Compression Requirements

By: Zdzislaw Marian Lewalski,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Light Rail Vehicle Compression Requirements

By: Zdzislaw Marian Lewalski,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Describes compression test requirements, presents available information on the development of specifications and standards, and provides examples of adjustments under particular circumstances.

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0309060192

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Improving Transit Security

By: Jerome A. Needle,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Improving Transit Security

By: Jerome A. Needle,Transit Cooperative Research Program

Examines the nature and extent of transit crime, effective strategies to combat problem situations, and case studies of specific control practices deemed successful by transit agency professionals (with no distinctions drawn between bus and rail modes) are discussed.

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0309060133

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Bus Transit Fare Collection Practices

By: Richard Stern,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Bus Transit Fare Collection Practices

By: Richard Stern,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Documents fixed route bus fare collection practices at selected transit agencies. Survey responses about fare policy, fare collection equipment, fare disputes, and fare evasion issues, as well as customer information and the impact of financial assistance are offered.

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0309061024

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Emergency Preparedness for Transit Terrorism

By: Annabelle Boyd,M. Annabelle Boyd,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Emergency Preparedness for Transit Terrorism

By: Annabelle Boyd,M. Annabelle Boyd,Transit Cooperative Research Program

Provides a useful perspective on mass transit preparedness, offering information on the current practices of selected transit agencies to prevent and respond to terrorism and acts of extreme violence. This synthesis contrasts transit perspectives to those of general service police through a review of the relevant literature.

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0309061032

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Sea Change

2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

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Sea Change

2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines - physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming the ability of scientists to study the global ocean with a more integrated and dynamic approach. This enhanced understanding of the ocean is becoming ever more important in an economically and geopolitically connected world, and contributes vital information to policy and decision makers charged with addressing societal interests in the ocean. Science provides the knowledge necessary to realize the benefits and manage the risks of the ocean. Comprehensive understanding of the global ocean is fundamental to forecasting and managing risks from severe storms, adapting to the impacts of climate change, and managing ocean resources. In the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder of the basic research which underlies advances in our understanding of the ocean. Sea Change addresses the strategic investments necessary at NSF to ensure a robust ocean scientific enterprise over the next decade. This survey provides guidance from the ocean sciences community on research and facilities priorities for the coming decade and makes recommendations for funding priorities.

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0309366917

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9780309366915

A Handbook for Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality

By: Morpace International,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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A Handbook for Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality

By: Morpace International,Transit Cooperative Research Program

This handbook focuses on how to measure customer satisfaction and how to develop transit agency performance measures. It will be of interest to transit managers, market research and customer service personnel, transit planners, and others who need to know about measuring customer satisfaction and developing transit agency performance measures. The handbook provides methods on how to identify, implement, and evaluate customer satisfaction and customer-defined quality service.

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030906323X

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9780309063234

The Academic Research Enterprise within the Industrialized Nations

Comparative Perspectives

By: National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

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The Academic Research Enterprise within the Industrialized Nations

Comparative Perspectives

By: National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences,Institute of Medicine,Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

This report identifies major global trends in scientific research, describes the changes occurring within six industrialized countries in response to these trends, and discusses the challenges facing these countries in the future. At the symposium, historians of science and higher education traced developments and described current conditions of research systems in "new world" countries, represented by Japan, Russia, and the United States, and in the "old world," represented by Germany, France, and Great Britain. ISBN 0-309-04249-6: $15.00.

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0309042496

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9780309042499

Transit Advertising Revenue

Traditional and New Sources and Structures

By: Beverly R. Silverberg,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board,Transit Cooperative Research Program

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Transit Advertising Revenue

Traditional and New Sources and Structures

By: Beverly R. Silverberg,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board,Transit Cooperative Research Program

Offers information from selected North American and other transit agencies about the existing environment for advertising on transit property and describes agency experiences. It also explores innovative revenue-generating practices.

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0309061210

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9780309061216

Paratransit Contracting and Service Delivery Methods

By: Rosalyn M. Simon,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Paratransit Contracting and Service Delivery Methods

By: Rosalyn M. Simon,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Offers information from selected transit agencies about the operational practices used to provide Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit services and identifies factors perceived by transit personnel to have influenced the selection of service delivery methodology. It focuses on the state of the practice in paratransit contracting and service delivery methods to comply with ADA paratransit provisions.

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0309061229

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Managing Transit Construction Contract Claims

By: Joel T. Callahan,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

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Managing Transit Construction Contract Claims

By: Joel T. Callahan,National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Offers information from selected transit agencies about the underlying causes of construction disputes and practices in use today to identify and resolve them before they become formal claims. The synthesis focuses on avoidance and resolution of disputes, examines ways of settling disputes at their inception, and considers the experiences of the transit industry in the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques.

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0309061156

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Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries

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Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries

By: National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries

During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as Japan and Australia. This difference is particularly notable given that the United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Concerned about this divergence, the National Institute on Aging asked the National Research Council to examine evidence on its possible causes. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, the nation's history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the United States fall short of those in many other high-income nations. Evidence suggests that current obesity levels play a substantial part as well. The book reports that lack of universal access to health care in the U.S. also has increased mortality and reduced life expectancy, though this is a less significant factor for those over age 65 because of Medicare access. For the main causes of death at older ages-cancer and cardiovascular disease-available indicators do not suggest that the U.S. health care system is failing to prevent deaths that would be averted elsewhere. In fact, cancer detection and survival appear to be better in the U.S. than in most other high-income nations, and survival rates following a heart attack also are favorable. Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries identifies many gaps in research. For instance, while lung cancer deaths are a reliable marker of the damage from smoking, no clear-cut marker exists for obesity, physical inactivity, social integration, or other risks considered in this book. Moreover, evaluation of these risk factors is based on observational studies, which-unlike randomized controlled trials-are subject to many biases.

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0309217105

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9780309217101

Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications

Proceedings of a Symposium

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing

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Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications

Proceedings of a Symposium

By: National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing

This report is the proceedings of a 2003 symposium on "Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications," which brought together experts in STM publishing, both producers and users of these publications, to: (1) identify the recent technical changes in publishing, and other factors, that influence the decisions of journal publishers to produce journals electronically; (2) identify the needs of the scientific, engineering, and medical community as users of journals, whether electronic or printed; (3) discuss the responses of not-for-profit and commercial STM publishers and of other stakeholders in the STM community to the opportunities and challenges posed by the shift to electronic publishing; and (4) examine the spectrum of proposals that has been put forth to respond to the needs of users as the publishing industry shifts to electronic information production and dissemination.

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0309166101

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9780309166102

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