TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Reassessment of the Marine Salvage Posture of the United States SN - DO - 10.17226/4783 PY - 1994 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4783/reassessment-of-the-marine-salvage-posture-of-the-united-states PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - Prompt and effective response to time-critical ship casualties and emergencies, for example, by refloating stranded ships, can prevent marine pollution and economic disruption of ports and waterways. The marine salvage industry, which conducts this work, has undergone significant changes in the past two decades. This book evaluates these changes and assesses the adequacy of marine salvage in the United States. Among the issues addressed are conditions in the salvage industry; emergency response-time; national salvage policy; workforce needs; salvage techniques; and the contribution of the Navy to the national salvage capability. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Texas A&M Transportation Institute A2 - ESH Consult A2 - James Stoetzel A2 - Shelly Brown Associates, LLC. TI - Contracting Commuter Rail Services DO - 10.17226/23642 PY - 2016 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23642/contracting-commuter-rail-services PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Results Digest 112: Contracting Commuter Rail Services provides guidance for public agencies and other key stakeholders in contracting commuter rail services. The digest presents potential approaches for contracting commuter rail services, an evaluation of the approaches, and guidance on how and when to apply different approaches to existing and new services; documents current commuter rail practices and gaps in knowledge; and provides an overview of the commuter rail systems operating in the United States and Canada. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas SN - DO - 10.17226/2049 PY - 1993 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2049/managing-wastewater-in-coastal-urban-areas PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a well-delineated approach to integrated coastal management beginning with wastewater and stormwater control. The committee presents an overview of current management practices and problems. The core of the volume is a detailed model for integrated coastal management, offering basic principles and methods, a direction for moving from general concerns to day-to-day activities, specific steps from goal setting through monitoring performance, and a base of scientific and technical information. Success stories from the Chesapeake and Santa Monica bays are included. The volume discusses potential barriers to integrated coastal management and how they may be overcome and suggests steps for introducing this concept into current programs and legislation. This practical volume will be important to anyone concerned about management of coastal waters: policymakers, resource and municipal managers, environmental professionals, concerned community groups, and researchers, as well as faculty and students in environmental studies. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Short-Term Monitoring for Compliance with Air Quality Standards DO - 10.17226/23366 PY - 2004 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23366/short-term-monitoring-for-compliance-with-air-quality-standards PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 479: Short-Term Monitoring for Compliance with Air Quality Standards provides transportation and air quality planners and decision makers with short-term monitoring procedures that can produce input data for predicting air quality exceedances without requiring the collection of large amounts of monitoring data. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board TI - Building the Road Safety Profession in the Public Sector: Special Report 289 DO - 10.17226/12019 PY - 2007 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12019/building-the-road-safety-profession-in-the-public-sector-special PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure KW - Industry and Labor AB - TRB Special Report 289: Building the Road Safety Profession in the Public Sector examines the growing need for experts at all levels of government to develop and implement systems- and science-based approaches to road safety management. According to the committee that authored the report, the lack of professional recognition and comprehensive road safety education and training opportunities is threatening the ability of public agencies to build the knowledgeable and skilled road safety workforce that is needed to make safety advances. To address this need, the report recommends that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the Governors Highway Safety Association forge a broad-based alliance of public, private, and educational organizations to champion the road safety profession. The report recommends that the alliance encourage states to take advantage of federal workforce training funds for the purpose of developing road safety professionals and to advocate comprehensive road safety education and training by universities, including the many publicly funded transportation and safety research centers. In addition, the report urges the alliance to explore the creation of one or more specialized institutes to provide comprehensive instruction and training for road safety professionals. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine TI - State Programs Can Reduce Tobacco Use DO - 10.17226/9762 PY - 2000 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9762/state-programs-can-reduce-tobacco-use PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - A Century of Ecosystem Science: Planning Long-Term Research in the Gulf of Alaska SN - DO - 10.17226/10469 PY - 2002 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10469/a-century-of-ecosystem-science-planning-long-term-research-in PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Environment and Environmental Studies KW - Earth Sciences AB - This report provides guidance to the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) program to help ensure that it is based on a a science plan that is robust, far-reaching, and scientifically sound. The report commends the Trustee Council for its foresight in setting aside funds to create a trust fund to provide long-term research support; it notes that the GEM program offers an unparalleled opportunity to increase understanding of how large marine ecosystems function and change over time. The report outlines elements of a sound long-term science plan, including conceptual foundation, scope and geographic focus, organizational structure, community involvement, data and information management, and synthesis, modeling, and evaluation. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Melissa Maitin-Shepard A2 - Katiria Ortiz A2 - Sharyl Nass TI - Key Operational Characteristics and Functionalities of a State-of-the-Art Patient Scheduling System: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief DO - 10.17226/25556 PY - 2019 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25556/key-operational-characteristics-and-functionalities-of-a-state-of-the-art-patient-scheduling-system PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine KW - Computers and Information Technology AB - Current electronic health care systems are archaic and face similar challenges that limit efficient patient scheduling and health care accessibility. A large initiative to improve these systems is underway because these challenges exist across many electronic health care systems. However, these challenges are exacerbated within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System due to uniquely complex aspects of that system and its patients. The National Academies convened a two-day workshop to explore important operational characteristics and functionalities of effective patient scheduling systems. This workshop built upon a 2015 Institute of Medicine report that identified hurdles to timely patient scheduling specifically within the Veterans Health Administration, who administers the VA system. Discussions at the workshop reviewed past healthcare system patient, clinician, and scheduler experiences and technologies. They also highlighted the importance of design, implementation, and adaptability of scheduling systems. This publication summarizes the presentations from the workshop. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Brian Morton A2 - Joseph Huegy A2 - John Poros TI - Close to Home: A Handbook for Transportation-Efficient Growth in Small Communities and Rural Areas DO - 10.17226/22204 PY - 2015 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22204/close-to-home-a-handbook-for-transportation-efficient-growth-in-small-communities-and-rural-areas PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 211: Close To Home: A Handbook for Transportation-Efficient Growth in Small Communities and Rural Areas provides a vocabulary of land use characteristics in small communities and rural areas. It also estimates the per person change in daily driving after hypothetical growth occurs according to different development visions or scenarios. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making DO - 10.17226/14255 PY - 2009 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14255/performance-measurement-framework-for-highway-capacity-decision-making PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C02-RR: Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making explores a performance measurement framework that is designed to support the collaborative decision-making framework (CDMF) for additions to highway capacity being developed under the SHRP 2 Capacity research program. The report examines five broad areas of performance including transportation, environment, economics, community, and cost. Under these headings, the report identifies 17 performance factors, each of which are linked to key decision points in the CDMF. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Michael J. Olsen A2 - John D. Raugust A2 - Gene V. Roe TI - Use of Advanced Geospatial Data, Tools, Technologies, and Information in Department of Transportation Projects DO - 10.17226/22539 PY - 2013 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22539/use-of-advanced-geospatial-data-tools-technologies-and-information-in-department-of-transportation-projects PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 446: Use of Advanced Geospatial Data, Tools, Technologies, and Information in Department of Transportation Projects that explores the development, documentation, and introduction of advanced geospatial technologies within departments of transportation.The report also provides a discussion of strengths and weaknesses of leading technologies, and how they are being used today.Appendix D: Primary Geospatial Contacts is not included in the print version of the report. It is only available in electronic format. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - John Nisbet A2 - Daniela Bremmer A2 - Shuming Yan A2 - Delwar Murshed A2 - Yinhai Wang A2 - Yajie Zou A2 - Wenbo Zhu A2 - Matthew Dunlap A2 - Benjamin Wright A2 - Tao Zhu A2 - Yingying Zhang TI - Pilot Testing of SHRP 2 Reliability Data and Analytical Products: Washington DO - 10.17226/22254 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22254/pilot-testing-of-shrp-2-reliability-data-and-analytical-products-washington PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project L38 has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report that tested SHRP 2's Reliability analytical products at a Washington pilot site. This research project tested and evaluated SHRP 2 Reliability data and analytical products, specifically the products for the L02, L05, L07, L08, and C11 projects.Other pilots were conducted in Southern California, Minnesota, and Florida, ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Cambridge Systematics, Inc. TI - Integrating Freight Considerations into the Highway Capacity Planning Process: Practitioner’s Guide DO - 10.17226/22459 PY - 2013 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22459/integrating-freight-considerations-into-the-highway-capacity-planning-process-practitioners-guide PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Capacity Project S2-C15-RW-2: Integrating Freight Considerations into the Highway Capacity Planning Process: Practitioner’s Guide provides examples of how state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations might improve the quality of their interactions with the freight community.The guide synthesizes best practices of collaborative, market-based highway-freight planning. The guide may be used in conjunction with the final report. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine A2 - Molla S. Donaldson A2 - Karl D. Yordy A2 - Kathleen N. Lohr A2 - Neal A. Vanselow TI - Primary Care: America's Health in a New Era SN - DO - 10.17226/5152 PY - 1996 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5152/primary-care-americas-health-in-a-new-era PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - Ask for a definition of primary care, and you are likely to hear as many answers as there are health care professionals in your survey. Primary Care fills this gap with a detailed definition already adopted by professional organizations and praised at recent conferences. This volume makes recommendations for improving primary care, building its organization, financing, infrastructure, and knowledge base—as well as developing a way of thinking and acting for primary care clinicians. Are there enough primary care doctors? Are they merely gatekeepers? Is the traditional relationship between patient and doctor outmoded? The committee draws conclusions about these and other controversies in a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion that covers: The scope of primary care. Its philosophical underpinnings. Its value to the patient and the community. Its impact on cost, access, and quality. This volume discusses the needs of special populations, the role of the capitation method of payment, and more. Recommendations are offered for achieving a more multidisciplinary education for primary care clinicians. Research priorities are identified. Primary Care provides a forward-thinking view of primary care as it should be practiced in the new integrated health care delivery systems—important to health care clinicians and those who train and employ them, policymakers at all levels, health care managers, payers, and interested individuals. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Science for Decisionmaking: Coastal and Marine Geology at the U.S. Geological Survey SN - DO - 10.17226/9665 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9665/science-for-decisionmaking-coastal-and-marine-geology-at-the-us PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Earth Sciences AB - The coastlines of the United States are beautiful places to live, work and play. But, they are also very fragile areas whose ecosystems are vulnerable to mismanagement. There are many complex issues facing the ocean science community at the federal, state and local levels—this report reflects the conclusions and recommendations of the National Academies drawing on discussions with USGS as well as input from potential users, clients and collaborators of the Coastal and Marine Geology Program. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - James W. Jolley A2 - Mary Ellen Tuccillo A2 - Michelle L. Young A2 - Michael Barrett A2 - Anna Lantin TI - Green Stormwater Infrastructure - Volume 2: Guidebook DO - 10.17226/24816 PY - 2017 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24816/green-stormwater-infrastructure-volume-2-guidebook PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 174 defines and discusses green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) management strategies, a relatively new approach to regulation compliance. As more airports are proactively incorporating sustainable practices in all aspects of their operations, federal and state regulatory agencies are also promoting GSI strategies to comply with water regulations and requirements. Volume 2: Guidebook assists airport staff with evaluating the applicability of a GSI strategy and how to select an appropriate GSI strategy. Volume 1: Primer is written for the airport manager, planner, and engineer seeking to understand stormwater management and how GSI can comply with regulatory standards and requirements along with other benefits. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water SN - DO - 10.17226/13184 PY - 2011 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13184/assessing-the-relationship-between-propagule-pressure-and-invasion-risk-in-ballast-water PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Earth Sciences KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - The human-mediated introduction of species to regions of the world they could never reach by natural means has had great impacts on the environment, the economy, and society. In the ocean, these invasions have long been mediated by the uptake and subsequent release of ballast water in ocean-going vessels. Increasing world trade and a concomitantly growing global shipping fleet composed of larger and faster vessels, combined with a series of prominent ballast-mediated invasions over the past two decades, have prompted active national and international interest in ballast water management. Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water informs the regulation of ballast water by helping the Environnmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) better understand the relationship between the concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharges and the probability of nonindigenous organisms successfully establishing populations in U.S. waters. The report evaluates the risk-release relationship in the context of differing environmental and ecological conditions,including estuarine and freshwater systems as well as the waters of the three-mile territorial sea. It recommends how various approaches can be used by regulatory agencies to best inform risk management decisions on the allowable concentrations of living organisms in discharged ballast water in order to safeguard against the establishment of new aquatic nonindigenous species, and to protect and preserve existing indigenous populations of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and other beneficial uses of the nation's waters. Assessing the Relationship Between Propagule Pressure and Invasion Risk in Ballast Water provides valuable information that can be used by federal agencies, such as the EPA, policy makers, environmental scientists, and researchers. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Estimating Losses from Future Earthquakes SN - DO - 10.17226/1361 PY - 1989 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1361/estimating-losses-from-future-earthquakes PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Earth Sciences ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Inc. Kittelson & Associates TI - Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability DO - 10.17226/22687 PY - 2013 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22687/evaluating-alternative-operations-strategies-to-improve-travel-time-reliability PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L11-RR-1: Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability identifies and evaluates strategies and tactics intended to satisfy users’ travel-time reliability requirements of roadways.To that end, the report presents a set of options regarding technological changes, operational solutions, and organizational actions that have the potential to improve travel-time reliability both now and by the year 2030.An e-book version of this report is available for purchase at Amazon, Google, and iTunes. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Marine Aquaculture: Opportunities for Growth SN - DO - 10.17226/1892 PY - 1992 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1892/marine-aquaculture-opportunities-for-growth PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Agriculture AB - Coastal farming and ocean ranching of marine fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and seaweed are a major and growing industry worldwide. In the United States, freshwater aquaculture is rapidly becoming a significant commercial activity; however, marine aquaculture has lagged behind. This book examines the obstacles to developing marine aquaculture in the United States and offers specific recommendations for technology and policy strategies to encourage this industry. The volume provides a wealth of information on the status of marine aquaculture—including comparisons between U.S. and foreign approaches to policy and technology and of the diverse species under culture. Marine Aquaculture also describes problems of coordination of regulatory policy among various federal, state, and local government agencies and escalating competition for the use of coastal waters. It addresses environmental concerns and suggests engineering and research strategies for alleviating negative impacts from marine aquaculture operations. ER -