Refimprove date February 2007 The NationalCenter for ToxicologicalResearch NCTR ref http www.fda.gov AboutFDA CentersOffices NCTR FDA NCTR ref is the branch of the United States Food and Drug Administration which conducts research to define biological mechanisms of action underlying the toxicity of products regulated by the FDA. The FDA toxicologicalresearch facility is geographically within the confines of the Pine Bluff Arsenal . The researchcenter is located off Interstate 530 in Jefferson, Jefferson County, Arkansas Jefferson , Arkansas . References Reflist Portal Food Government of the United States Health and fitness Law Medicine coord 34.366607 92.112036 display title type landmark region US AR Food and Drug Administration DEFAULTSORT NationalCenter For ToxicologicalResearch Category Food and Drug Administration US gov stub ... more details
National Primate Research Centers are a network of eight research programs in the United States funded by the National Institutes of Health to conduct biomedical research on primates . ref http NCRR.NIH.GOV PRIMATE CENTERS NationalCenter for Research Resources ref Each center is affiliated with a university or other host institution. Research Centers California National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with the University of California, Davis New England National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with Harvard University Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with Oregon Health Sciences University http txbiomed.org SNPRC index.aspx Southwest National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with the Texas Biomedical Research Institute http www.tnprc.tulane.edu index.shtml Tulane National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with Tulane University Washington National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with the University of Washington Wisconsin National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with the University of Wisconsin Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter affiliated with Emory University References reflist Category Primate research centers Category Animal testing ... more details
Primary sources date September 2010 The National Wetlands ResearchCenter NWRC was founded in 1975 as part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service s USFWS Office of Biological Services. Its headquarters are located in Lafayette, Louisiana . The NWRC is one of 16 science centers of the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey . The mission of the National Wetlands ResearchCenter is to develop and disseminate scientific information needed for understanding the ecology and values of U.S. wetlands and for managing and restoring wetland habitats and associated plant and animal communities. Its mission s primary goal is to bridge the gap between researchers and decision makers, mostly by using geographic information systems and producing reports such as coastal characterizations, community and estuarine profiles, and species profiles. History 1975 Began as the National Coastal Ecosystems Team headquartered at National Aeronautic and Space Administration s rocket testing site in Stennis, Mississippi . 1979 Moved its headquarters to Slidell, Louisiana . 1986 Gained a new research mission and renamed to the National Wetlands ResearchCenter opened field stations in Baton Rouge ... The National Wetlands ResearchCenter added a field station in College Station, Texas, and project offices in Gulf Breeze, Florida , Baton Rouge, Louisiana , and Nacogdoches, Texas . 1995 The National Biological Survey became the National Biological Service. 1996 The National Biological Service became ... http www.nwrc.usgs.gov Official National Wetlands ResearchCenter website Coord missing Louisiana Category United States Fish and Wildlife Service Category Research institutes in the United States Category University of Louisiana at Lafayette Category Lafayette, Louisiana Category Biological research ... of Louisiana at Lafayette research park in Lafayette, Louisiana . 1993 Secretary Bruce Babbitt consolidated research in several bureaus of the Department of the Interior to form the National ... more details
Image US NIH NCRR Logo.svg 200px right The NationalCenter for Research Resources or NCRR , is a United ... and tools in the goal of curing and treating diseases. Organization and history The NationalCenter for Research Resources NCRR is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National ... of Health and Human Services DHHS . In 1990 the Division of Research Resources and the Division of Research Services were merged to form the NationalCenter for Research Resources . Its mission ... Research Resources Clinical and Translational Science Award s General Clinical Research Centers GCRCs National Gene Vector Laboratories NGVLs Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Islet Cell Resource ... Medicine National Primate Research Centers NPRCs Laboratory Animal Sciences LAS Animal Models Biological Models and Materials Research BMMR NIH Chimpanzee Management Program Division of Research Infrastructure Research Centers in Minority Institutions RCMI Institutional Development Award IDeA Research and Animal Facilities Improvements RFI and AFI See also Centers of Biomedical Research ... administers, fosters, and supports the development of research resources for health related research. Programs are carried out through a research grants, research and development contracts, and individual and institutional research training awards b cooperation and collaboration with organizations and institutions engaged in multi categorical research resources activities and c collection and dissemination of information on research and findings in these areas. The NCRR funds research concentrated in four programmatic Divisions Division for Biomedical Technology Research and Research Resources, Division for Clinical Research Resources, Division of Comparative Medicine, and Division of Research Infrastructure. NCRR s Major Extramural Programs include Division for Biomedical Technology Research and Research Resources Biomedical Technology BT Resource Centers Biomedical Informatics Research ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Refimprove date February 2009 The National Quality ResearchCenter NQRC at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan , is a research and teaching center focusing on the measurement of customer satisfaction and the study of its relationships to quality, customer retention , and other variables, for both private and public sector organizations, and for national economies. First and foremost, the NQRC is responsible for the production of the American Customer Satisfaction Index ACSI as well as most of the research done using ACSI data. ref citebook title An Introduction to Quality Assurance for the Retailers first Pradip V. last Mehta publisher iUniverse year 2004 ISBN 0595313620 ref References refs Category University of Michigan Michigan school stub ... more details
For the sigma N transcription factor activator protein in prokaryotes, see NtrC The National Transportation ResearchCenter NTRC is an institution, located in Knoxville, Tennessee , that conducts research and development aimed at increasing the efficiency and safety of transportation systems and reducing their energy utilization and effects on the environment. It is operated as a partnership between the United States Department of Energy , the University of Tennessee , and Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL and is located approximately half way between the university campus and the ORNL site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge . About two thirds of the convert 83000 sqft m2 abbr on NTRC building contains research laboratories. External links http www.ntrc.gov NTRC Official Web site coord missing Tennessee Category Transportation in the United States Category Organizations based in Knoxville, Tennessee Category Oak Ridge National Laboratory Category Buildings and structures in Anderson County, Tennessee ... more details
align right class wikitable style background 3ca352 colspan 2 NationalCenter for Documentation and Research NCDR logo File NCDR.jpg Chairman of the Board of Directors HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Presidential Affairs Country City United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Establishment Date 1968 Tel 9712 4183333 Fax 9712 4445811 P.O.Box 5884 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Official website http www.ncdr.ae style background e11313 colspan 2 The NationalCenter for Documentation and Research NCDR is a leading research and archival institution based in Abu Dhabi charged with preserving and documenting the history and heritage of the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region in general.The NCDR was established in 1968 by the late Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , first President of the UAE. Forty years later, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan , UAE President, issued Law No. 7 for 2008 designating the Center as the official National Archives of the UAE. The law specifies the NCDR jurisdiction to collect, preserve and archive documents to promote cultural and historical awareness and provide researchers access to the valuable materials held by the Center. NCDR ... Hall. Affiliation The NationalCenter for Documentation and Research is a member of the following ... through distinctive archival, documentation and research services in order to provide decision makers and the public with trusted information and to enhance civic spirit and national identity, while its Vision is to provide distinctive archival, documentation and research services. The NCDR is the trusted ... expansion of our archives, library and research facilities. Preserving our collections by ensuring ... its mission, the NCDR publishes historical books and research studies which serve as valuable reference ... Secretariat General, Center of Documents and Studies of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC http ... Research organizations Category Organizations based in Abu Dhabi ... more details
Image NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado.jpg thumbnail 300px right NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder, Colorado The NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research NCAR , pronounced EN car ref name ... NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research . CISL was formerly known as the Scientific Computing ... de NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research es Centro Nacional de Investigaci n Atmosf rica fr NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research hu Nemzeti L gk rkutat K zpont ja pl NationalCenter ... is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research UCAR and sponsored by the National ... www.ucar.edu educ outreach visit NCAR Mesa.html title Architecture of the NationalCenter for Atmospheric ... Research UCAR and is one of the National Science Foundation NSF s Federally Funded Research ..., solar terrestrial interactions, environmental and societal impacts. Research, services, and facilities ... Earth s atmosphere, including, ref name research resources http www2.ucar.edu research resources NCAR Research & Resources ref ref http www.nsf.gov funding pgm summ.jsp?pims id 12809&org AGS&more Y more NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research NSF Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences ref Specialized instruments to measure atmospheric processes Research aircraft High performance computing ... developed models such as Community Climate System Model CCSM Weather Research and Forecasting ... to support societal needs Data sets, data services, and other resources The center is staffed by scientists .... ref name quickfacts Key research areas include ref http www.ncar.ucar.edu research Atmospheric & Earth System Research NCAR research topics , 2008, accessed 2010 06 22. ref Climatology Climate Earth ... hazard systems for aviation and ground transportation national security Air pollution Pollution and Atmospheric ... Altitude Observatory HAO NCAR Earth System Laboratory NESL Research Applications Laboratory RAL Programs ... Research community programs ., ref http www.ucp.ucar.edu UCAR Community Programs ref ref ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name Center for Research and National Security abbreviation CISEN nativename a nativename r logo logo width logo caption seal cisen.jpg seal width 200px seal caption Official Seal of the CISEN formed Start date and age 1989 02 13 preceding1 Direcci n Federal de Seguridad preceding2 dissolved superseding jurisdiction headquarters Centro del Cisen Camino Real a Contreras No. 35, Col. La Concepci n, Ciudad de M xico, D.F. employees 2700 date budget 90.7 millon dollars title authorlink date accessdate title date accessdate minister2 name minister2 pfo chief1 name Jaime Domingo L pez Buitr n chief1 position Director chief2 name chief2 position chief3 name chief3 position parent agency Secretary of the Interior Mexico child1 agency child2 agency website http www.cisen.gob.mx site ingles cisen.htm cisen.gob.mx site ingles cisen.htm footnotes The Center for Research and National Security ref http www.cisen.gob.mx site ingles cisen.htm English . Center for Research and National Security. Retrieved on December 3, 2011. ref ref http www.cisen.gob.mx site pdfs leyes MexicanNationalSecurityAct.pdf National Security Act . Ministry of the Interior of Mexico, Executive Branch. 2. Retrieved on December 3, 2011. ref lang es Centro de Investigaci n y Seguridad Nacional , National Security and Investigation Center, CISEN is a Mexico Mexican intelligence agency controlled by the Office of Coordination of the Presidency . CISEN was established in 1989 after its predecessors ceased to operate. The Army, Navy and Air Force maintain intelligence agencies dedicated to help the respective branches of the military body. Formally, CISEN has the function of articulating the national intelligence, being comparable to the current CIA or the Soviet KGB, keeping proper proportions. Although its main function is to counter espionage and provide analysis of strategic information ... English coord 19.304 99.236 type city format dms display title External national intelligence agencies ... more details
NORC at the University of Chicago , established in 1941 as the National Opinion ResearchCenter, is one of the largest and most highly respected social research organizations in the United States. Its corporate headquarters are located on the University of Chicago campus. It also has offices in Chicago s downtown Chicago Loop Loop and Washington DC . Research focus NORC conducts numerous research projects involving opinion survey and other data collection and technology strategies. NORC s projects are focused in a number of topical areas society and culture economics and population education and child development health studies substance abuse mental health criminal justice statistics and methodology and technology. Within each area, NORC designs and implements surveys and other data collection strategies, conducts advanced statistical and other analysis, provides technical assistance and applies advanced technologies. Known surveys NORC conducts social research for government agencies, non profit agencies and corporations. Data from these surveys is also frequently analyzed in a wide range of social science s, especially sociology . NORC is best known for its large, national surveys, including the General Social Survey , the Survey of Consumer Finances, and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, but it also conducts qualitative and quantitative analyses and international projects. Florida Ballot Project The United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 Florida Ballot Project recounts Florida Ballot Project re examined the approximately 180,000 uncounted ballots in the 2000 ... Program of the National Science Foundation . After the U.S. Census , it is the second most frequently ... includes responses from ruoghly 28,000 interviews at three points in time. National Immunization Survey National Longitudinal Survey of Youth The National Longitudinal Surveys National Longitudinal ... into the work force. National Survey of Children s Health National Survey of Children with Special ... more details
The NationalCenter for Health Services Research was a United States government program tasked with conducting research into health services. It was established on July 23, 1974. It was transferred from the Heath Resources Administration to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on December 2, 1977. It was renamed the NationalCenter for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment on October 30, 1984. The Center was terminated on December 19, 1989. ref name nara National Archives and Records Administration 2010 The United States Government Manual, 2009 2010 ref See also NationalCenter for Health Statistics Health Resources and Services Administration National Resource Center for Health Information Technology References reflist US gov stub Category Health in the United States ... more details
The NationalCenter for Research in Economic Education NCREE is a non profit center located at the University of Nebraska Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska , U.S.A. Its primary function is to assist researchers and other organizations with research, assessment and evaluation projects in economics education . The NCREE has designed, developed and revised widely used standardized test instruments for assessing the economics knowledge of students at various stages of education e.g., Basic Economics Test BET , Test of Economic Knowledge TEK , Test of Economic Literacy TEL and Test of Understanding in College Economics TUCE . The NCREE is home to REED, the Research in Economic Education Data Base. External links http www.cba.unl.edu outreach econEd ncree NationalCenter for Research in Economic Education http www.ncee.net National Council on Economic Education coord missing Nebraska Category Research institutes in the United States Category Economics education Category Research institutes Category University of Nebraska Lincoln ... more details
One source article date February 2008 The NationalCenter for Agricultural Utilization Research NCAUR sometimes still called the Northern Lab is an United States Department of Agriculture laboratory center in Peoria, Illinois . The Center researches new industrial and food uses for agricultural commodities ... Research Service website reflist External links http www.ars.usda.gov Main site main.htm?modecode 36 20 00 00 NationalCenter for Agricultural Utilization Research &mdash official website coord 40 42 ... for high priority nationalresearch problems. ref name ars12754 These scientists publish an average ... Research Service date 2006 04 07 accessdate 2008 02 28 ref With approximately convert 270000 sqft m2 sp us , NCAUR is the largest of the Agricultural Research Service USDA ARS research centers. The world ... regional labs set up by the 1938 act are located in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania Eastern Regional ResearchCenter , New Orleans, Louisiana Southern Regional ResearchCenter , and Albany, California Western Regional ResearchCenter . The Northern Lab was renamed the NationalCenter for Agricultural Utilization research in 1990. The Northern Lab is where the first mass production of penicillin was developed. This and other early scientific accomplishments set a standard of research excellence at NCAUR ... of Agriculture and its Agricultural Research Service . The late agricultural researcher Dr. Ed ... name ars12754 Operation NCAUR s 35 current research CRIS projects are mission driven, reflecting the USDA Agricultural Research Service s NationalResearch Programs. Clarify date February 2008 More than 250 research personnel from nearly a dozen scientific disciplines are divided into nine teams. Their charge ... at national and international meetings, and continued issuance of patent s and licensed technology ... home to the headquarters of the Midwest Area of the Agricultural Research Service , which includes ... research institutes Category Agriculture in the United States Category Education in Peoria, Illinois ... more details
The Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter , originally established and located in Orange Park, Florida ... acres 100,000 m of the Emory campus in Atlanta, contains most of the center s biomedical research laboratories. Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter Field Station The Yerkes Field Station , which houses ... free ranging primate researchcenter at Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter. It is run by primatologist .... Ep13 Disappearance On June 15, 2011, at the Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter Field Station ... National Primate ResearchCenter publisher Emory University Emory Magazine year 1995 accessdate 2008 02 29 ref 2002 present See also California National Primate ResearchCenter List of apes Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter The Mind of an Ape Herpes B Virus Yerkish Notes reflist External links http www.yerkes.emory.edu Emory.edu Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter official homepage ... s primate research branch located at 201 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, Georgia ref http www.yerkes.emory.edu ref , on the campus of Emory University . It is one of eight national primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health . The center, founded in 1930 by Robert Yerkes , the pioneering ... Lawrenceville, Georgia . Multidisciplinary research Multidisciplinary medical research at the Yerkes researchcenter is primarily aimed at development of vaccines and medical treatments. Research programs ... procedures leading to the death of a macaque monkey. Beth Griffin Death Yerkes CenterResearch Assistant .... Insel reflects on his first year as director of the primate researchcenter publisher Emory University ... around April 24 ...a national week of protests, media events, etc. at laboratories to stop testing and research ... Primate research centers Category Research institutes in the United States de Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter ... news last Palmer first Jason title Glowing monkeys to aid research url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi 8070252.stm ... more details
The National Synchrotron Radiation ResearchCenter NSRRC is a 1.5 GeV third generation synchrotron , in the Hsinchu Science Park about 70 km from Taipei in Taiwan . There are twenty six operational beamlines http srrcbl.nsrrc.org.tw servlet .. 5Cbldoc 5CBlSummary.htm and four under construction the NSRRC also operate two beamlines at SPring 8 in Japan . They cover a wide range of functionality, from Infrared IR microscopy to X ray lithography . External links http www.nsrrc.org.tw National Synchrotron Radiation ResearchCenter, Taiwan Category Synchrotron radiation facilities Taiwan org stub Physics org stub zh ... more details
The California National Primate ResearchCenter CNPRC is a federally funded biomedical research facility, dedicated to improving human and animal health , and located on the University of California, Davis , campus. The CNPRC is part of a network of eight national primate research centers developed to breed, house, care for and study primate s for medical and behavioral research. Opened in 1962, researchers at this secure facility have investigated many disease s, ranging from asthma and Alzheimer ... also David Amaral Henry McHenry Southwest National Primate ResearchCenter Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter References reflist UC Davis Category Organizations established in 1962 Category Medical research institutes Category Primate research centers Category University of California, Davis Category Research institutes in the United States ... pubs.aspx ref The center s research units are focused on four primary topics Brain, mind, and behavior ... based biomedical research that is performed at the Center. ref cite web title http www.cnprc.ucdavis.edu ... Welsh publisher LiveScience date 14 July 2011 accessdate 11 August 2011 ref The researchcenter ... populations of cynomolgus monkey s and South America n titi monkey s. The Center, located on 300 acres 1.2 km on the western edge of the UC Davis campus, is sponsored by the NationalCenter for Research Resources , a division of the National Institutes of Health NIH . Research program Scientists using the Center s facilities produce numerous papers annually detailing their investigations into human ... Through their Affiliate and Pilot Research program, CNPRC supports visiting scientists by providing access to facilities and equipment. Similarly, the Center aids off site researchers with veterinary ... research institutions, CNPRC provides educational outreach programs to the local community. They invite ..., the Center provides resources to elementary science teachers to promote biology, particularly primate ... more details
The NationalCenter for Public Policy Research , founded in 1982, is a self described Conservatism in the United States conservative think tank in the United States . Its president since its founding has been Amy Ridenour . David A. Ridenour, her husband, is vice president, and David W. Almasi is executive director. Key staff include Caroline May, who oversees environmental programs, and Ryan Balis, who oversees United Nations studies. Dana Joel Gattuso, Council Nedd II , R.J. Smith, Deroy Murdock and Bonner Cohen are among those who frequently speak or publish under the NCPPR banner as senior ... Official site NationalCenter http www.nationalcenter.org Blog.html blog http www.project21.org P21Index.html Project 21 Official site DEFAULTSORT NationalCenter For Public Policy Research ... www.nationalcenter.org Blog.html NationalCenter Blog . Abramoff connections Disgraced lobbyist ... indian.senate.gov 2005hrgs 062205hrg ridenour.pdf ref Special projects The NationalCenter for Public Policy Research is one of the few, possibly the only, U.S. conservative organization to have an extensive ... 2007 12 12 ref Board of directors The board of directors of the NationalCenter for Public Policy Research includes author Peter Schweizer , management consultant Victor Porlier, health care ... Associates of the NCPPR The following individuals have affiliations with the NationalCenter for Public Policy Research. Peter N. Kirsanow ,attorney and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ... www.eande.tv transcripts ?date 092605 E&E TV National Wildlife Federation and NationalCenter for Public Policy Research debate changes to Endangered Species Act http sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi ... Publications include National Policy Analysis papers, Talking Points cards, the newsletters http ... Project 21 , a national leadership group of black conservatives. Consisting of several hundred members, Project 21 provides research and commentary on public policy issues from a conservative black ... more details
File Entrada del Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigaci n de Altamira.JPG thumb right 200px Museum entrace. The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira lang es Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigaci n de Altamira is a center for conservation, research and spreading of the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar Cantabria , Spain , named a World Heritage Site by Unesco . Next to the cave, the museum offers to visitors prehistoric technology workshops and the permanent exhibition Times of Altamira , with objects from that site, as well as those from other paleolithic caves of Cantabria as El Mor n , El Juyo and El Rasca o . The New Altamira Cave or Neocave is also part of this exhibition, an artificial replica of the original caves, built to preserve them for damages arising from a massive influx of visitors. See also List of museums in Spain External links http museodealtamira.mcu.es ingles index.html Official web coord 43.3774 4.1225 type landmark region ES display title Category National museums of Spain Altamira Category Cantabrian culture Category History of Cantabria Category Archaeology museums in Spain Category Archaeology of Spain Category Buildings and structures in Cantabria Category Visitor attractions in Cantabria Cantabria stub Spain museum stub Spain struct stub es Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigaci n de Altamira ... more details
Infobox laboratory name Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter motto Better Health Through Scientific ... http onprc.ohsu.edu onprc.ohsu.edu The Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter ONPRC is one of eight federally funded National Primate ResearchCenter s ref name nih1 cite web title National Primate Research Centers publisher National Institutes of Health year 2006 url http www.ncrr.nih.gov compmed ... Regional Primate ResearchCenter ORPRC , it was the first of the original seven primate centers established by the National Institutes of Health NIH . The researchcenter is administered and funded by the NationalCenter for Research Resources , receiving 11 million in federal grants annually ... against Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter , Portland Tribune, November 13, 2008. ref Ingrid ... investigation at Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter , People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ... ResearchCenter have published several research projects which have a made significant impact ... DK pmc 1748246 ref Investigation by animal rights groups File OHSU Primate ResearchCenter entrance ... Primate ResearchCenter, Concludes allegations are unfounded. OHSU News Release, January 12, 2001 ...,title ref cite gnis id 1638841 name University of Oregon Medical School Primate Center accessdate ...?doc id 36 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 10 20 ref The center is located on convert ... , December 13, 2006 ref The center maintains a colony of 4,200 non human primates consisting of Rhesus ... 10 20 ref cared for by 12 veterinarians and 100 full time technicians. ref http www.ohsu.edu xd research ... conditions there. The primates are used in pure and applied biomedical research into fertility control ... Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 10 20 ref Research projects at the facility have produced ... magazine Time . History Construction of the facility began in 1961 after a 1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. ref name argus Primate site offers areas for research. Hillsboro Argus ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name NationalResearchCenter for Women & Families Non profit logo Non profit type think tank founded date 1999 founder Diana Zuckerman location Washington, D.C. origins key people Diana Zuckerman , President area served product health and medical information and assistance focus Promote the health and safety of women and families method revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsib owner Non profit slogan homepage http www.center4research.org dissolved footnotes The NationalResearchCenter NRC for Women & Families is a Washington, DC based non profit organization founded in 1999. It uses objective, research based information to encourage new, more effective programs and policies that promote the health and safety of women, children, and families. The President of the NRC for Women and Families is Diana Zuckerman . The primary program is The Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund , which has an online health hotline and provides free, research based information and services to patients and their families. Research Reports In February 2011, Center staff published a study in the peer reviewed journal Archives of Internal Medicine, which evaluated the FDA s recalls of devices that the agency considered potentially deadly or otherwise very high risk. ref http archinte.ama assn.org cgi content full archinternmed.2011.30 ref Using FDA data, the authors determined that most of the devices that were high risk recalls had never been studied in clinical trials prior to FDA approval, and that the FDA needed to use more stringent criteria for implanted medical devices and those used to diagnose serious illnesses, and an editorial in the same issue agreed. ref http archinte.ama assn.org cgi content full archinternmed.2011.27 ref The study resulted in a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives four days later and major U.S. newspapers ... In April 2011, Center president Diana Zuckerman testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Aging ... more details
File Rows of Franklin Cray XT4 racks.jpg thumb Franklin Cray XT4 supercomputer racks at NERSC facility. File Kathy Yelick in front of Hopper Cray XE6.jpg thumb Kathy Yelick , Director of NERSC, in front of Hopper Cray XE6. The http www.nersc.gov National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center , or NERSC for short, is a designated user facility operated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the United States Department of Energy Department of Energy . It contains several Cluster computing cluster supercomputer s, the largest of which is Hopper, which is ranked 5th on the TOP500 list of world s fastest supercomputers as of November 2010. It is located in Oakland, California . History NERSC was founded in 1974 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , then called the Controlled Thermonuclear Research Computer Center or CTRCC and consisting of a Control Data Corporation 6600 computer. Over time, it expanded to contain a CDC 7600, then a Cray 1 SN 6 which was called the c machine, and in 1985 the world s first Cray 2 SN 1 which was the b machine, nicknamed bubbles because of the bubbles visible in the fluid of its unique direct liquid cooling system. In the early eighties, CTRCC s name was changed to the National Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center or NMFECC. The name was again changed in the early nineties to National Energy Research Supercomputer Center. In 1996 NERSC moved from LLNL to LBNL . In 2000, it was moved to its current location in Oakland . Computers and projects NERSC s fastest computer, Hopper, a Cray XE6 named in honor of Grace Hopper , a pioneer in the field of software development and programming languages and the creator of the first compiler. It has 153,308 Opteron processor cores and runs the Suse Linux operating system. Other systems at NERSC are named Franklin, Carver, Magellan, Dirac, Euclid, Tesla, Turing, and PDSF, the longest continually operating Linux cluster in the world. The facility also contains a 8.8 petabyte High Perfor ... more details
Homepage Retrieved on 14 01 2008 4. NationalCenter for Research on Earthquake ... in 1980 by the National Science Council NSC , and they are working together with the National Taiwan University NTU , as well as being part of the National Applied Research Laboratories http ...class infobox bordered style width 25em text align left font size 90 colspan 2 style text align center font size large NCREE colspan 2 style text align center Image NCREE LOGO 700.png 200px br Type Non Profit Organisation Established 1980 Director Tsai, Keh Chyuan Faculty teaching staff Faculty 100 Address No.200, Section 3, Xinhai Rd, Taipei 106, Taiwan Tel 886 2 6630 0888 E mail admin ncree.org.tw Website http w3.ncree.org colspan 2 style font size smaller footnotes NationalCenter for Research on Earthquake Engineering NCREE is an organisation found in Taipei , Taiwan . Since Taiwan is located on the ridge of the Eurasian Plate Eurasian and Philippine Plate Philippine tectonic ... efficiency between research institutions, and they are trying to decrease the impact of earthquakes ... for all constructions and to provide feedback to the engineering community through research and development. The Center was built for researchers to collaborate and check their theories by doing various experiments. Their goals are Establish and provide research facilities. Develop and improve ... to earthquake resistant building designs. Research Activities Building Engineering ... and Demonstrating Earthquake engineering research Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools ... based project with a competition developed by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centre ... and is held by The National Science Council NSC and the Democratic Pacific Union. It is a short term ... ITP 2007 Image Reaction wall2.JPG Reaction Wall gallery See also Earthquake Engineering Research ... 01 2008 Taiwan earthquakes Category Research institutes in Taiwan Category Engineering research ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Image nurp.gif right The National Undersea ResearchCenter for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes NURC NA&GL is one of six undersea centers established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s National Undersea Research Program Undersea Research Program . It is co located with the University of Connecticut s Department of Marine Sciences. The center s mission includes supporting regional and national oceanography research and promoting awareness of the oceanic ecosystem through educational outreach programs. External links http www.nurc.uconn.edu index.htm NURC NAGL home page Category National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Category Oceanographic institutions ocean stub US gov stub ... more details
A researchcenter is a facility or building dedicated to research , commonly with the focus on a specific area. There are over 14,000 research centers in the United States. ref Evaluating Research Centers and Institutes for Success A Manual and Guide with Case Studies William R. Tash WT & Associates, 2006. 229 pages ref Centers apply varied disciplines including basic research and applied research in addition to non traditional techniques. Notable research centers Ames ResearchCenter Bell Labs Marine Sciences ResearchCenter Palo Alto ResearchCenter Thomas J. Watson ResearchCenter References reflist External links Evaluating research centres http educationpr.org 2008 08 18 book review evaluating research centers Category Research org stub fa ... more details
Primate researchcenter may refer to Barbados The Primate Research Centre at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve , for the conservation and study of Green Monkeys. Japan Primate Research Institute in Inuyamaat, Japan affiliated with Kyoto University. United States California National Primate ResearchCenter , at University of California, Davis in Davis, California. Oregon National Primate ResearchCenter , in Hillsboro, Oregon affiliated with the Oregon Health and Science University. Yerkes National Primate ResearchCenter , at Emory University in Atlanta, Georga. disambig ... more details
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