Robert Pool ist ein bekannter amerikanischer Wissenschaftsredakteur. Er schreibt u.a. in Science, Nature und im New Scientist.
52 Ebooks von Robert Pool
Robert Pool: Beyond Engineering
We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered …
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€18.60
Robert Pool: Fat
When the leptin gene was discovered in 1994, news articles predicted that there might soon be an easy, pharmaceutical solution to the growing public health crisis of obesity. Yet this scientific …
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€68.22
Robert Pool: Beyond Engineering
We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered …
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€18.65
Robert Pool: Fat
When the leptin gene was discovered in 1994, news articles predicted that there might soon be an easy, pharmaceutical solution to the growing public health crisis of obesity. Yet this scientific …
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€68.43
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Emerging Safety Science
In recent years, the costs of new drug development have skyrocketed. The average cost of developing a new approved drug is now estimated to be $1.3 billion (Di Masi and Grabowski, 2007). At the same …
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€41.95
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context
On September 22-23, 2009, the National Research Council held a workshop on the field evaluation of behavioral and cognitive sciences–based methods and tools for use in the areas of intelligence and …
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€34.52
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & National Research Council: Field Evaluation in the Intelligence and Counterintelligence Context
On September 22-23, 2009, the National Research Council held a workshop on the field evaluation of behavioral and cognitive sciences–based methods and tools for use in the areas of intelligence and …
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€49.48
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Conducting Biosocial Surveys
Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-scale household surveys. By combining biological and …
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€36.38
Committee on National Statistics & Committee on Population: Conducting Biosocial Surveys
Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-scale household surveys. By combining biological and …
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€38.77
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics
Recognizing the important contributions that genomic analysis can make to agriculture, production and companion animal science, evolutionary biology, and human health with respect to the creation of …
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€56.88
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Biology: Ecological Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops
Proponents of agricultural biotechnology believe that genetically modified (GM) crops have the potential to provide great ecological benefits, such as reduced pesticide and land use, as well as …
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€56.88
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Institute of Medicine: Emerging Safety Science
In recent years, the costs of new drug development have skyrocketed. The average cost of developing a new approved drug is now estimated to be $1.3 billion (Di Masi and Grabowski, 2007). At the same …
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€59.78
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee for the Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users: Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users
NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) share responsibility for overseeing respiratory protection in the workplace and have established regulations for this purpose. …
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€52.16
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research
It is widely understood that stem cell treatments have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Because of this potential, in 2004 California voters approved Proposition 71 to set up a 10-year, $3 …
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€49.35
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Nutrigenomics and Beyond
The integration of biology, genomics, and health has opened the possibility of applying genomics technology to nutrition. In 2001, scientists associated with the Human Genome Project announced the …
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€35.91
Board on Human-Systems Integration & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions
Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework summarizes presentations and discussions that took place on August 16-17, 2010, at a National …
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€35.73
Board on Human-Systems Integration & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions
Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions: Toward a Unified Social Framework summarizes presentations and discussions that took place on August 16-17, 2010, at a National …
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€50.74
Committee on Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule
On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) with the purpose of soliciting comments on how current regulations for …
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€3.72
Committee on Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule
On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) with the purpose of soliciting comments on how current regulations for …
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€46.63
Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in Assessing Performance Potential of Individuals and Groups
As an all-volunteer service accepting applications from nearly 400, 000 potential recruits annually from across the U.S. population, the U.S. military must accurately and efficiently assess the …
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€3.75
Committee on Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: New Directions in Assessing Performance Potential of Individuals and Groups
As an all-volunteer service accepting applications from nearly 400, 000 potential recruits annually from across the U.S. population, the U.S. military must accurately and efficiently assess the …
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€53.59
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health
Liquid fuels are a major part of modern life. They supply energy for ground, water, and air transportation as well as power for industrial and farming machinery. But fossil fuels – the dominant …
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€3.75
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health
Liquid fuels are a major part of modern life. They supply energy for ground, water, and air transportation as well as power for industrial and farming machinery. But fossil fuels – the dominant …
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€59.83
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society
On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing …
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€3.72
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Identifying and Reducing Environmental Health Risks of Chemicals in Our Society
On November 7-8, 2013, the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop to discuss approaches related to identifying and reducing …
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€55.51
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Principles and Obstacles for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research
On March 19, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on the topic of the sharing of data from environmental health research. Experts in the field of …
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€3.75
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Principles and Obstacles for Sharing Data from Environmental Health Research
On March 19, 2014, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on the topic of the sharing of data from environmental health research. Experts in the field of …
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€50.68
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization
A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serious disruption, whether it is caused by a sudden …
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€3.72
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Institute of Medicine: Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization
A particularly valuable opportunity to improve public health arises when an urban area is being redesigned and rebuilt following some type of serious disruption, whether it is caused by a sudden …
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€53.83
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Interplay Between Environmental Chemical Exposures and Obesity
In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play in the development of obesity. The obesity epidemic …
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€3.72
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice & Health and Medicine Division: Interplay Between Environmental Chemical Exposures and Obesity
In March 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore the role that chemical exposures may play in the development of obesity. The obesity epidemic …
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€72.02
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Life Sciences: Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics
Recognizing the important contributions that genomic analysis can make to agriculture, production and companion animal science, evolutionary biology, and human health with respect to the creation of …
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€40.63
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Biology: Ecological Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops
Proponents of agricultural biotechnology believe that genetically modified (GM) crops have the potential to provide great ecological benefits, such as reduced pesticide and land use, as well as …
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€40.50
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Committee for the Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users: Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users
NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) share responsibility for overseeing respiratory protection in the workplace and have established regulations for this purpose. …
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€35.64
Food and Nutrition Board & Institute of Medicine: Nutrigenomics and Beyond
The integration of biology, genomics, and health has opened the possibility of applying genomics technology to nutrition. In 2001, scientists associated with the Human Genome Project announced the …
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€24.80
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Board on Life Sciences: Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research
It is widely understood that stem cell treatments have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Because of this potential, in 2004 California voters approved Proposition 71 to set up a 10-year, $3 …
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€34.40
Wenzel Geissler & Robert Pool: Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology is playing an increasingly important role in public health. This book provides an introduction to the basic concepts, approaches and theories used, and shows how these contribute …
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€31.90
Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool: Peak
‚;This book is a breakthrough, a lyrical, powerful, science-based narrative that actually shows us how to get better (much better) at the things we care about.’Seth Godin, author of Linchpin‘;Anyone …
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€8.99
Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool: Peak
‚Anyone who wants to get better at anything should read Peak.‘ Fortune Do you want to stand out at work, improve your athletic or musical performance, or help your child achieve academic goals? …
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€9.49
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Continuous Improvement of NASA’s Innovation Ecosystem
On November 29-30, 2018, in Washington, D.C., the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held the Workshop on the Continuous Improvement of NASAs Innovation Ecosystem. The workshop …
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€67.15
Board on Life Sciences & Division on Earth and Life Studies: Next Steps for Functional Genomics
One of the holy grails in biology is the ability to predict functional characteristics from an organism’s genetic sequence. Despite decades of research since the first sequencing of an organism in …
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€74.78
Robert Pool: Dialogue and the Interpretation of Illness
The etiology of the Wimbum people in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon is described through an examination of the way in which the meanings of key concepts, used to interpret and explain illness …
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€41.46
Robert Pool: Dialogue and the Interpretation of Illness
The etiology of the Wimbum people in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon is described through an examination of the way in which the meanings of key concepts, used to interpret and explain illness …
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€41.64
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources & Board on Earth Sciences and Resources: Exploring a Dynamic Soil Information System
As a living substrate, soil is critical to the function of Earth’s geophysical and chemical properties. Soil also plays a major role in several human activities, including farming, forestry, and …
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€41.68
Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Report Series: Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Using Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) to Achieve Lunar Biological and P
After several decades since the last human visit, NASA is planning to return to the Moon, this time not only to visit but also to carry out extensive scientific experiments, establish a habitat …
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€18.69
Board on Health Sciences Policy & Health and Medicine Division: Innovation in Drug Research and Development for Prevalent Chronic Diseases
Investment and innovation in drug research and development (R&D) for highly prevalent chronic diseases has stalled in recent decades, despite half of all Americans living with at least one chronic …
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€31.08
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Aviation After a Year of Pandemic
Among the various segments of society affected by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year and a half, few were hit as hard as the aviation industry. At its worst point, in March 2020, passenger …
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€35.97
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Flying in the COVID-19 Era: Science-based Risk Assessments and Mitigation Strategies on the Ground and in the Air
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on February 4th and 5th, 2021 to review the issues related to safety of passengers and employees in commercial air …
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€38.35
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee: Frontiers in Synthetic Moir? Quantum Matter
On May 18-19, 2021, the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a public workshop to examine the frontiers of …
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€25.97
Board on Health Care Services & Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Innovative Data Science Approaches to Identify Individuals, Populations, and Communities at High Risk for Suicide
Emerging real-time data sources, together with innovative data science techniques and methods – including artificial intelligence and machine learning – can help inform upstream suicide prevention …
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€22.38
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee: Frontiers in Data Analytics and Monitoring Tools for Extreme Materials
One of the major challenges in materials science today is developing materials that can survive and function in extreme environments, such as the high-radiation environments found in a fission or …
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€26.11
