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With large coupling effects between the transport of heat, mass, charge and chemical reactions at surfaces, it is important to know how one should properly integrate across systems where different phases are in contact. This book gives a prescription of how to set up flux equations for transports across heterogeneous systems.

Revised edition of: Manual of first & second fixing carpentry / Les Goring. 2007.

"This final report contains the full contents of Optimizing the Nation's Investment in Academic Research: A New Regulatory Framework for the 21st Century: Part 1, which was initially released as a separate publication"--Publisher's website.

Assesses and provides recommendations regarding the need for revised, refocused, and newly developed indicators of STI activities that would enable National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) to respond to changing policy concerns.

Presents the summary of a 2013 symposium convened by the National Research Council Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy and members of the Nano Consortium that drew state officials and staff, business leaders, and leading national figures in early-stage finance, technology, engineering, education, and state and federal policies.

Examines how leading national and multinational standard-setting organizations (SSOs) address patent disclosures, licensing terms, transfers of patent ownership, and other issues that arise in connection with developing technical standards for consumer and other microelectronic products, and associated software and components.

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for more than two decades to strengthen American manufacturing. This title seeks to generate a better understanding of the operation, achievements, and challenges of the MEP program.

Presents the summary of a workshop convened in September 2010 by Policy and Global Affairs' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy to review challenges, plans, and opportunities for growing a robust flexible electronics industry in the United States.

For scientific background to produce Effects of US Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the committee relied on the earlier findings and studies by the National Academies, the US government, and other research organizations. This book examines both tax expenditures and excise taxes that could have a significant impact on GHG emissions.

Over the course of several decades, copyright protection has been expanded and extended through legislative changes occasioned by national and international developments. This title examines a range of questions regarding copyright policy by using a variety of methods, such as international and sectoral comparisons, and experiments and surveys.

Responding to the challenges of fostering regional growth and employment, many US states and regions have developed programs to attract and grow companies as well as attract the talent and resources necessary to develop innovation clusters. This title offers a study of selected state and regional programs.

Intended to generate a better understanding of the challenges associated with the transition of research into products, this title explains of the study, which is to improve the operation of state and regional programs and, collectively, enhance their impact.

Summary of symposium presentation and an introduction examining the policy issues raised in the conference, held by Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP).

."..the symposium titled E Kamakani Noi'i, the Wind that Seeks Knowledge" -- p. 17.

"Best practice in state and regional innovation"--Cover.

As a better understanding of the global synthetic biology landscape could lead to tremendous benefits, six academies organized a series of international symposia on the scientific, technical, and policy issues associated with synthetic biology. This book summarizes the symposia proceedings.