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Nancy A Rigotti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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balancing the benefits and harms of e cigarettes a national Academies of Science engineering and medicine report
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018Co-Authors: Nancy A RigottiAbstract:E-cigarettes have the potential for benefit if they help smokers quit, but this must be balanced against potential harm. This commentary discusses the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, a...
David A Leon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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long term trends in the longevity of scientific elites evidence from the british and the russian Academies of Science
Population Studies-a Journal of Demography, 2011Co-Authors: Evgeny Andreev, Dmitri A Jdanov, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, David A LeonAbstract:National Science Academies represent intellectual elites and vanguard groups in the achievement of longevity. We estimated life expectancy (LE) at age 50 of members of the British Royal Society (RS) for the years 1670–2007 and of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for the years 1750–2006. The longevity of academicians was higher than that of their corresponding national populations, with the gap widening from the 1950s. Since the 1980s, LE in the RS has been higher than the maximum LE among all high-income countries. In each period, LE in the RS was greater than in the RAS, although since the 1950s it has risen in parallel in the two Academies. This steep increase shared by academicians in Britain and Russia suggests that general populations have the potential for a substantial increase in survival to high ages.
L M Branscomb - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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MAKING THE NATION SAFER: THE ROLE of Science AND TECHNOLOGY IN COUNTERING TERRORISM - A REPORT of THE U.S. NATIONAL Academies. IN: TERRORISM. REDUCING VULNERABILITIES AND IMPROVING RESPONSES. U.S.-RUSSIAN WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS.
2020Co-Authors: L M BranscombAbstract:This chapter presents a report of the United States National Academies on the role of Science and technology in countering terrorism; the author has updated the information in the original report for this publication. The chapter is from a book that gathers papers and proceedings from workshops held between 2001 and 2003 of meetings of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the National Academies of Science (NAS, United States), focusing on reducing vulnerabilities and improving responses to terrorism. The author explores the importance of evaluating the nature of the threat, determining the vulnerabilities of targets in civil society, and establishing the availability of technical solutions to the vulnerabilities that are most likely to be exploited by terrorists. The author outlines the terrorists' advantages, the advantages of industrial societies threatened by terrorists, the U.S. government structure and Department of Homeland Security, categories of public policy approaches to countering terrorism, targets of and weapons for terrorist attacks, ecological economics (how commercial efficiency creates vulnerabilities), who pays for the hardening of critical infrastructure, and dual-use strategies for hardening industry. The chapter concludes with examples of the Academies' recommendations for dealing with a variety of threats, including nuclear and radiological threats, biological threats to people and their food supply, toxic chemicals, explosives, and flammable materials, energy systems, communications and information systems, transportation and borders, cities and fixed infrastructure, and the response of people to terrorist threats.
Cherie Madarashhill - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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electronic distribution of the publications of the state Academies of Science
Science & Technology Libraries, 2005Co-Authors: J B Hill, Cherie MadarashhillAbstract:State Academies of Science originated in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a means to provide scientists at the state and local level with the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas. Since their origin, most state Academies of Science have disseminated regional scientific research through the publication of state academy journals and conference proceedings. Due to limited resources, most state Academies have been slow to move to electronic publication and distribution of scientific research. However, a number of state Academies have created electronic journals and/or have begun using commercial database producers to distribute their research as full-text content in aggregated databases. This article examines the progress made by the state Academies of Science in electronic publication.
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publications of the state Academies of Science
Science & Technology Libraries, 2000Co-Authors: J B Hill, Cherie MadarashhillAbstract:Since their origin, state Academies of Science have promoted and disseminated regional scientific research through the publication of journals and conference proceedings. For the most part, these multidisciplinary publications have been overshadowed by the more voluminous, specialized publications of the larger scientific societies and publishers. Nevertheless, an examination of the titles currently published by the state Academies of Science indicates that on the basis of content, subscription levels, library ownership rates, indexing/abstracting practices and professional citation levels, it can be concluded that the publications of the state Academies of Science remain an important means for the distribution of scientific research. Appendices provide a list of publications and a list of web sites.
Evgeny Andreev - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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long term trends in the longevity of scientific elites evidence from the british and the russian Academies of Science
Population Studies-a Journal of Demography, 2011Co-Authors: Evgeny Andreev, Dmitri A Jdanov, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, David A LeonAbstract:National Science Academies represent intellectual elites and vanguard groups in the achievement of longevity. We estimated life expectancy (LE) at age 50 of members of the British Royal Society (RS) for the years 1670–2007 and of members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) for the years 1750–2006. The longevity of academicians was higher than that of their corresponding national populations, with the gap widening from the 1950s. Since the 1980s, LE in the RS has been higher than the maximum LE among all high-income countries. In each period, LE in the RS was greater than in the RAS, although since the 1950s it has risen in parallel in the two Academies. This steep increase shared by academicians in Britain and Russia suggests that general populations have the potential for a substantial increase in survival to high ages.
