Author: Great Britain. Lord Chancellor's County Court Staff CommitteePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Appendix to the Report of the Committee
Author: Great Britain. Lord Chancellor's County Court Staff CommitteePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Report of the Committee with an Appendix
Author: Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England). CommitteePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309089778
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
In recent years much has happened to justify an examination of biological research in light of national security concerns. The destructive application of biotechnology research includes activities such as spreading common pathogens or transforming them into even more lethal forms. Policymakers and the scientific community at large must put forth a vigorous and immediate response to this challenge. This new book by the National Research Council recommends that the government expand existing regulations and rely on self-governance by scientists rather than adopt intrusive new policies. One key recommendation of the report is that the government should not attempt to regulate scientific publishing but should trust scientists and journals to screen their papers for security risks, a task some journals have already taken up. With biological information and tools widely distributed, regulating only U.S. researchers would have little effect. A new International Forum on Biosecurity should encourage the adoption of similar measures around the world. Seven types of risky studies would require approval by the Institutional Biosafety Committees that already oversee recombinant DNA research at some 400 U.S. institutions. These "experiments of concern" include making an infectious agent more lethal and rendering vaccines powerless.
Proceedings of a Workshop on Deterring Cyberattacks
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309160359
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In a world of increasing dependence on information technology, the prevention of cyberattacks on a nation's important computer and communications systems and networks is a problem that looms large. Given the demonstrated limitations of passive cybersecurity defense measures, it is natural to consider the possibility that deterrence might play a useful role in preventing cyberattacks against the United States and its vital interests. At the request of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the National Research Council undertook a two-phase project aimed to foster a broad, multidisciplinary examination of strategies for deterring cyberattacks on the United States and of the possible utility of these strategies for the U.S. government. The first phase produced a letter report providing basic information needed to understand the nature of the problem and to articulate important questions that can drive research regarding ways of more effectively preventing, discouraging, and inhibiting hostile activity against important U.S. information systems and networks. The second phase of the project entailed selecting appropriate experts to write papers on questions raised in the letter report. A number of experts, identified by the committee, were commissioned to write these papers under contract with the National Academy of Sciences. Commissioned papers were discussed at a public workshop held June 10-11, 2010, in Washington, D.C., and authors revised their papers after the workshop. Although the authors were selected and the papers reviewed and discussed by the committee, the individually authored papers do not reflect consensus views of the committee, and the reader should view these papers as offering points of departure that can stimulate further work on the topics discussed. The papers presented in this volume are published essentially as received from the authors, with some proofreading corrections made as limited time allowed.
Resources for Clinical Investigation
Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee for the Study of Resources for Clinical InvestigationPublisher: National Academies
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Category : Clinical indications
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Report from the ... Committee ... Together with the Proceedings ... Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Manchester and Salford EducationPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Appendix to the Report of the Committee on Controls and Subsidies
Author: India. Committee on Controls and SubsidiesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Further Appendix to Report of the Select Committee on the Public Accounts
Author: Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Parliament. House of Assembly. Select Committee on Public AccountsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Second Report from the Committee of Secrecy
Author: Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038391
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one of the keystones in AIDS research. However, some persons believe that the cost to the animals is often high. Authored by a committee of experts from various fields, this book discusses the benefits that have resulted from animal research, the scope of animal research today, the concerns of advocates of animal welfare, and the prospects for finding alternatives to animal use. The authors conclude with specific recommendations for more consistent government action.