Review of nondestructive evaluation techniques of civil infrastructure

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It is argued that the paper 'Review of nondestructive evaluation techniques of civil infrastructure' by Rens et al (1997) is inappropriately titled because it does not accurately reflect the content. It is contended that the authors have a limited conceptualization of 'civil infrastructure,' made few references to nondestructive testing of the general concrete infrastructure, and failed to address the whole family of stress-wave nondestructive testing methods. Rens et al respond.

Author: Davis, Allen G., Rens, Kevin L., Wipf, Terry J., Klaiber, F. Wayne
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Name: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-3828
Year: 1999
Analysis, Infrastructure (Economics), Civil engineering, Non-destructive testing, Nondestructive testing

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Rethinking grant peer review

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The NIH has trouble recruiting experienced scientists to serve on peer-review committees, since their compensation is relatively small and they are often discriminated against on their own grant applications. A possible solution would be to guarantee reviewers grant support for committee service.

Author: Fliesler, Steven J.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Editorial, Recruiting, United States. National Institutes of Health, Peer review committees

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Peer review: the appropriate GPRA metric for research

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GPRA requires federally funded basic scientific research to adhere to strategic planning, annual reporting, and metric evaluation. The administration and cost of developing systems of metrics and peer review are analyzed.

Author: Kostoff, Ronald N.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Laws, regulations and rules, Accounting and auditing, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research, Peer review of research grant proposals

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