The National Research Council Report on Blood Transfusion Services in the United States

2015 ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
S. Swisher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Research Council ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Research Council Report ◽  
Council Report

scholarly journals Fingerprint identification: advances since the 2009 National Research Council report

2015 ◽  
Vol 370 (1674) ◽  
pp. 20140259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Champod
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
Fingerprint Identification ◽  
Probabilistic Logic ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
National Research Council Report ◽  
The Us ◽  
Repeatability And Reproducibility ◽  
Council Report

This paper will discuss the major developments in the area of fingerprint identification that followed the publication of the National Research Council (NRC, of the US National Academies of Sciences) report in 2009 entitled: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. The report portrayed an image of a field of expertise used for decades without the necessary scientific research-based underpinning. The advances since the report and the needs in selected areas of fingerprinting will be detailed. It includes the measurement of the accuracy, reliability, repeatability and reproducibility of the conclusions offered by fingerprint experts . The paper will also pay attention to the development of statistical models allowing assessment of fingerprint comparisons. As a corollary of these developments, the next challenge is to reconcile a traditional practice dominated by deterministic conclusions with the probabilistic logic of any statistical model. There is a call for greater candour and fingerprint experts will need to communicate differently on the strengths and limitations of their findings. Their testimony will have to go beyond the blunt assertion of the uniqueness of fingerprints or the opinion delivered ispe dixit .

An Analysis of Mathematics Requirements and Recommendations for Admission to PhD Programs in Economics

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-114
Author(s):  
Martin Milkman ◽  
Riza Marjadi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Phd Programs ◽  
Jel Classifications

This article presents an analysis of the mathematics course requirements and recommendations for prospective students seeking entry into economics PhD programs in the United States. We find that applicants must complete seven mathematics courses to safely assume that they have enough math credits for admission to most programs. Using National Research Council (NRC) rankings of economics departments according to the level of research activity, we find no strong evidence that the mathematics courses required and recommended are dependent upon the level of academic research conducted by the faculty in the respective PhD programs. JEL Classifications: A22, A23

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