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Highlights of Selected Studies HEALTH AND SAFETY Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment, Phase I: Improving Accuracy, Second Edition 5 Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Promoting Healthier Choices 5 Medical Devices and the Public’s Health: The FDA 510(k) Clearance Process at 35 Years 6 Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost 7 Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations 7 Advancing Oral Health in America 7 Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity 8 EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ISSUES A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas 11 Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 11 Federal Funding of Transportation Improvements in BRAC Cases 12 The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue 13
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND SECURITY Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety 15 Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals — Final Report 15 Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI’s Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Letters 16 Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA’s Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs 17 The National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring: A Retrospective Assessment 18 NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy 20 Review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft IRIS Assessment of Formaldehyde 20 America’s Climate Choices 21 A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan 22 Also in This Report Studies and Projects Completed in 2011 23 Current Congressionally Authorized Activities 36 Revenue Applied to 2011 45 About the National Academies 46
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