PCAST

Acronym	Definition
PCAST	President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCAST	Pacific Coalition Amphibious Synthetic Training

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Despite these embarrassments, the Justice Department rejected PCAST's recommendations, which include requiring forensic experts to disclose high error rates in their testimony and discontinuing use of methods that haven't been independently verified.

Forensic Science is a mess, and the justice department wants to keep it that way

And that's where the PCAST report has planted its flag.

Is forensic science tipping the scales of justice? A new report reignites the call to make forensic science more quantitative, and casts doubt on work done in the lab

* President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) (2010): 'Engage to excel: producing one million additional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics'.

EL DISENO Y TESTEO DE APLICACIONES DIDACTICAS PARA DISPOSITIVOS MOVILES: EL METACUBO COMO CASO DE EJEMPLO DE INVESTIGACION APLICADA

Over the last 10 years or so, scientists and educators have increasingly recommended that science be taught the way it is practiced (Brewer and Smith 2011; Smith 2015) and that colleges should provide research opportunities to students within their first two years (PCAST 2012).

Implementing course-based research increases student aspirations for STEM degrees

Both PCAST and NAS cited FDA regulations regarding conditions for sale as a potential barrier to availability and accessibility of hearing aids, and concluded that the regulation was providing little to no meaningful benefit to patients.

US FDA Seeks to Improve Hearing Aid Accessibility

In addition to holding large amounts of spectrum, the PCAST Report

The move to spectrum sharing: how reclassification under title II will cause spectrum sharing to dominate telecommunications policy

"Early in the administration, the President should establish a practice of regularly meeting with PCAST and charging PCAST to carry out studies and issue reports on topics that the president con siders particularly important to the nation," states a Baker Institute document that enumerates the recommendations.

Appointment of science adviser should be Trump, Clinton priority, scholars say

PCAST (President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology).

Pre-existing condition: taking media coverage into account when preparing for H1N1

(138) Summary of PCAST's Report on Combating Antibiotic Resistance, supra note 137 (summarizing report to the President regarding antibiotic resistance transferred from animals); Gaps in FDA's Antibiotics Policy, supra note 134 (discussing ambiguous labeling of disease prevention antibiotics).

A holistic solution for antibiotic resistance: phasing out factory farms in order to protect human health

For the latter incentive, the PCAST working group suggested that the HHS, via its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), should spend up to $800 million per year to support partnerships with industry.

Presidential order combating antibiotic resistance will fuel laboratory and diagnostic innovation

In September, the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a report on "Combating Antibiotic Resistance" at the same time as the issuance of a "National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria" by the White House, along with an Executive Order directing enactment of the strategy.

Building upon good intentions

Just this May, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, issued a report that included recommendations for the hiring of professional process engineers in healthcare, and it was the third or fourth paper in several years to do so.

Time to hire professional process engineers: a leader in the global quality improvement/process engineering association shares his perspectives on how to professionalize quality improvement in healthcare