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  2. Near-death studies - Wikipedia

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    Near-death studies is a field of psychology and psychiatry [1] that studies the physiology, phenomenology and after-effects of the near-death experience (NDE). The field was originally associated with a distinct group of North American researchers that followed up on the initial work of Raymond Moody, and who later established the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and ...

  3. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

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    UNRISD was established in 1963 "to conduct research into problems and policies of social development, and relationships between various types of social development and economic development". [4] It was originally set up with a grant from the Government of the Netherlands, and its first Board Chair was the eminent economist Jan Tinbergen , who ...

  4. Area 25 (Nevada National Security Site) - Wikipedia

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    On 8 December 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited the NRDS. [4] Jackass Flats was proposed as a possible launch site for Project Orion, administered by General Atomics in the late 1950s. The Rock Valley Study Area, at the southern boundary of Area 25, was used for studies of radiation in a desert ecosystem, starting in 1960.

  5. Community studies - Wikipedia

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    Community studies is an academic field drawing on both sociology and anthropology and the social research methods of ethnography and participant observation in the study of community. In academic settings around the world, community studies is variously a sub-discipline of anthropology or sociology, or an independent discipline.

  6. List of United States federal research and development agencies

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    Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC)

  7. Social Science Research Council - Wikipedia

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    Even when area studies occupied center stage, the SSRC continued to support advanced research on social themes of the day. In the 1970s and 1980s, it convened committees addressing such topics as cognitive research, law and social science, international peace and security, states and social structures, the urban underclass, and urban migration ...

  8. Social studies - Wikipedia

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    In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics.The term was coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as a catch-all for these subjects, as well as others which did not fit into the models of lower education in the United States such as philosophy and ...

  9. National Center for Research Resources - Wikipedia

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    NCRR administered, fostered, and supported the development of research resources for health-related research. Programs were 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 ...