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Industry and Labor : Policy, Reviews and Evaluations
Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users

NIOSH and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) share responsibility for overseeing respiratory protection in the workplace and have established regulations for this purpose. Specifically, NIOSH has issued regulations which define respirator testing and certification. OSHA has issued regulations ...

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SBIR and the Phase III Challenge ofCommercialization: Report of a Symposium

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Enhancing Productivity Growth in the Information Age: Measuring and Sustaining the New Economy

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Hearing Loss Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (U.S. Congress, 1970). Today the agency is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department ...

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Here or There? A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location -- Report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable

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Starting Smart: Key Practices for Developing Scopes of Work for Facility Projects

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An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program: Project Methodology

In response to a Congressional mandate, the National Research Council conducted a review of the SBIR program at the five federal agencies with SBIR programs with budgets in excess of $100 million (DOD, NIH, NASA, DOE, and NSF). The project ...

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Monitoring International Labor Standards: Techniques and Sources of Information

This new report provides a framework within which to assess compliance with core international labor standards and succeeds in taking an enormous step toward interpreting all relevant information into one central database. At the request of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at ...

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Monitoring International Labor Standards: International Perspectives -- Summary of Regional Forums

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Progress in Improving Project Management at the Department of Energy:2002 Assessment

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