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- Economic considerations in regulating neurotoxic substances
- This report discusses economic consideration in regulating neurotoxic substances which involves balancing the economic benefits of utilizing these substances commercially against their actual or potential risks to human health and the environment. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99138/
- Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater
- This report discusses the agricultural practices that are contributing to the contamination of groundwater, how to develop alternative practices, it outlines major components of the water quality issues, and describes the integrating and coordinating activities of the respective federal agencies. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99137/
- Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater, part B management
- This report discusses the assessment of agrichemicals in ground water in the United States in the late 1970's. A series of recommendations are offered in this report to help solve the problems. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99136/
- Issues in capitation: risk of financial ruin for providers and ways to control this risk
- The purpose of this report is to explore issues relating to healthcare expenses. To examine the concept of risk for providers in a capitation payment environment and to estimate the effectiveness of various risk limiting techniques. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99135/
- Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Background papers, Volume II
- This report discusses the commodity programs that have been developed over the years with the objective to raise farm outcomes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99139/
- The Role of technology in the education, training, and retraining of adult workers: a report
- This report shows how new technological tools or devices are being used in adult education and training it examines the evidence of their effectiveness and costs and it suggests prospects for the future use of technologies. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99140/
- Financial assistance, education debt and starting salaries of science and engineering graduates: evidence from the 1985 survey of recent college graduates
- This report provides statistics on financial aid debt, type of financial aid, salary and percent of financial aid for the Science/Engineering students. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97475/
- Japan's science and engineering pipeline: structure, policies, and trends
- This report discusses the Japanese higher education graduates in science and engineering. It discusses the work force in these fields and the major structural reforms in the education system. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97389/
- Persistance in higher S/E education: S/E baccalaureate to S/E doctorate productivity of U.S. baccalaureate-granting institutions
- This report describes a study which purpose is to further analyze the BA to PhD pipeline data for the 170 institutions that have either been identified as highly productive institutions or institutions of special interest to policymakers and educational planners. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97386/
- Soviet science and engineering education and work force policies: recent trends
- This report discusses the Soviet education in the science and engineering that has been characterized by major quantitative achievements and serious qualitative and administrative shortcomings. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97392/
- Institutional productivity: the undergraduate origins of science and engineering Ph.D.s
- This report describes a study which purpose is to address the question of whether certain types of educational institutions are more effective than others in producing baccalaureates who continue on to earn a science/engineering (S/E) Ph.D., and subsequently enter the S/E work force as well as pursue research careers. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97388/
- Issues in American engineering education: a selective review of the literature: a draft report
- First part of this report describes the project, provides a timeline of significant events in engineering education, and summarizes the findings. The second part discusses the objectives of the study which is divided into three parts, and the third part is a bibliography of the materials on which this report is based. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97385/
- The Apollo program: science/engineering personnel demand created by a federal research mission
- This report examines several related areas: Were the manpower resources for Apollo available when they were needed? Did Apollo succeed in creating research capabilities that outlasted the program that created them? Finally, can we change Federal research missions better, based on the Apollo experience? digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97391/
- Industrial support of university training and research: implications for scientific training in the "steady state"
- This report considers the implications of industrial funding of research and training for the way in which universities train new scientists during this period of "steady state." digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97399/
- Identifying potential scientists and engineers: an analysis of the high school-college transition, Report 2, Multivariate analysis of the high school class of 1982
- This report describes the second part of the project that studied the science-oriented behaviors of students as they move through high school into college. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97396/
- Images of science: factors affecting the choice of science as a career
- This report describes the dimensions of the problem this nation faces in producing enough scientists and engineers, it also attempt to describe how "images" of science may affect whether American students choose careers in science. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97394/
- The impact of office automation on the quality of work life: policy implications
- This report focuses only on policy implication of video display terminals (VDT) usage in the areas of composition and edition/correction. The rest of the paper presents a brief discussion of the problems resulting from VDT adoption and usage in the office workplace, and the policy implications of both primary and instrumental impacts as described earlier. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97495/
- Effects of office automation on the public sector workforce: a case study
- The objective of this report is to identify and explore conditions under which office automation has been successfully and productively implemented in New York city municipal offices. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97494/
- Economic incentives and disincentives for recycling of municipal solid waste
- This report is divided into an Executive Summary and four chapters. These chapters examine Federal subsidies to virgin materials, the potential for Federal subsidies for recycled materials, Federal subsidies for alternative energy sources, and state efforts at increasing recycling through tax incentives. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97326/
- Changes in sexual behavior of homosexual and bisexual men since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic
- This report discusses Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the ways to prevent those not infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) from becoming infected with it. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97434/
- Annual Report to the Congress for Fiscal Year 1995
- This report includes statements from the TAAC chairman and director’s statement. The report includes the industry, commerce, international security division, as well as health, education and environment division. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97496/
- The effectiveness of AIDS educational programs for intravenous drugs users
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential effectiveness of “educational” programs for preventing the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS among IV drug users. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97431/
- Scenarios of five federal agencies (1991-95) as shaped by information technology: a report to the Federal Government Information Technology Project
- This report concentrates on the impacts of telecommunications and computer technology over the next ten years on the civil sector of the federal government. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97418/
- Continuing the commitment: agricultural development in the Sahel
- This report discusses the hunger in West Africa and draws on the expertise of a large number of people. In 1985, rain came to the Sahel and provided partial relief from its latest drought. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97435/
- The effectiveness of educational programs to help prevent school-age youth from contracting HIV: a review of relevant research
- This report reviews the research on AIDS and sex education programs. It examines the more significant studies that have evaluated the actual impact of those programs upon various outcomes, including knowledge, attitudes, skills and sexual behaviors. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97428/
- Composting technologies, costs, programs, and markets
- This report provides an overview of the technology of composting which involves three major steps: 1) the preparation of the raw material, 2) the compost process itself, and 3) the grading of the final product. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97325/
- New developments in biotechnology: field-testing engineered organisms: genetic and ecological issues: contractor documents, volume 1
- This report includes these topics: Potential environmental impact of widespread releases of non-ice nucleating bacteria in agriculture / D.A. Andow, S.S. Snapp, and P.S. Teng -- An assessment of the impact of large-scale applications of ice-minus bacteria and other procedures designed to decrease population sizes of ice-nucleative-active bacteria on crops / Christen D. Upper, Susan S. Hirano, Gabor Vali. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97430/
- Beneath the bottom line: agricultural approaches to reduce agrichemical contamination of groundwater
- This report descriptively reviews findings from recent sample surveys of farmer attitudes about agricultural chemicals and groundwater quality; their practices and motivations related to chemical management; and their responses to public policy alternatives addressing this issue. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97433/
- New developments in biotechnology: field-testing engineered organisms: genetic and ecological issues: contractor documents, volume 2
- This report includes these topics: Ecological issues relevant to environmental applications of genetically altered organisms / Elliott A. Norse -- An ecosystems approach to potential perturbations of energy flow and nutrient cycles associated with environmental applications of genetically altered organisms / David C. Coleman and Robert E. Hodson -- Ecological impact of genetically engineered organisms on ecosystems / James R. Gosz, C.N. Dahm, and Patrick W. Flanagan -- The genetic basis of changes in host range or habitat / Adrianne Massey and Fred Gould. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97427/
- New developments in biotechnology: patenting life: Intellectual property protection for plants and varieties
- This report starts out with introduction to history of intellectual property protection for plants. It discusses federal statutory protection for plans, the plant patent act, the plant variety protection act, and utility patents. The report offers a comparison of various statutes and other forms of intellectual property. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97425/
- New developments in biotechnology: Requirements for deposit of microorganisms, plants, and animals and the role of the independent depository
- This report starts out with historical development of independent depositories. It then discusses general requirements for deposits of microorganisms, plants and animals as they relate to the application for a patent and the role of independent depository in facilitating provisions of patent law governing specifications of the a patent applications. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97423/
- Electric power wheeling and dealing: technological considerations for increasing competition: volume II--contractor documents, part B.
- This report discusses the temporal and economic factors of electric utilities in United States that make transmission constrains vary with time, and material specific to the individual cases. A particular focus of the investigation was the degree to which the transmission system would limit, or be affected by, the various scenarios. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97477/
- Electric power wheeling and dealing: technological considerations for increasing competition: volume II--contractor documents, part C.
- This report is to provide the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) with an overview of some of the investment issues affecting the future of the electric power industry in support of OTA's ongoing study on competition in the industry. The paper is organized in three chapters. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97398/
- Electric power wheeling and dealing: technological considerations for increasing competition: volume II--contractor documents, part A.
- This report presents the results of a survey concerning state transmission line certification and sitting procedures, and state energy planning processes. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97395/
- Employee perceptions and supervisory behaviors in clerical VDT work performed on systems that allow electronic monitoring
- The purpose of this report is to obtain empirical data about how the potential monitoring capabilities of new office systems technology are, in fact, being taken up by management and reacted to by employees. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97387/
- The international context of labor-management relations: implications for workplace monitoring
- This report explores some of the international developments and notes contrasts with the United States, and some potential lessons with regard to managing the new technology systems of Labor relations and issues relevant to workplace monitoring. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97405/
- Federal government information technology: electronic record systems and individual privacy
- This report addresses four major areas: 1) technological developments relevant to government record systems; 2) current and prospective Federal agency use of electronic record systems; 3) the interaction of technology and public law relevant to protecting privacy; and 4) possible policy actions the warrant congressional attention, including amendment of existing laws such as the Privacy Act of 1974 and establishment of new mechanisms such as Data Protection Board or Privacy Protection Commission. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97397/
- The context for exploring workplace monitoring
- This report describes the history of monitoring work and the legal framework which applies to employee privacy rights and associate4d issues of worker protection. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97400/
- Employee monitoring in other industrial democracies
- This report explores how other advanced industrial democracies and some multi - national or international agencies are approaching workplace monitoring,. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97402/
- Psychophysiological monitoring: possibilities and prospects
- This report describes the present, near, and long term the evolving capabilities for monitoring and interpreting psychophysiological signals and in particular the Event Related Brain Potential (ERP) with particular emphasis on such ERP components as the P300. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97393/
- Privacy and quality-of-work-life issues in employee monitoring: contractor report
- This report discusses broad perspectives an historical trends on worker monitoring,and current work-evaluation monitoring. It also describes a variety of federal-agency monitoring practices. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97390/
- Social aspects of changes in worker monitoring and computer/communications privacy and security practices
- This report discusses the work electronic monitoring of employee performance. It considers the personal privacy issue and the potential influence on worker stress and health. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97337/
- Motivational, behavioral, and psychological implications of electronic monitoring of worker performance
- This report discusses the work electronic monitoring of employee performance. It considers the personal privacy issue and the potential influence on worker stress and health. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97407/
- North America. Volume II, Part 2
- This report discusses clearing agencies with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are an integral part of clearing and settlement for the national clearing and settlement market system. This is the part 2 of volume 1. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97485/
- North America. Volume II, Part 1
- This report discusses clearing agencies with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are an integral part of clearing and settlement for the national clearing and settlement market system. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97487/
- North America. Volume II, Part 2
- This report describes a study that includes a review of the history of the losses of customer funds due to the insolvency of a future commission merchant. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97483/
- Study of international clearing and settlement: Volume VI
- This report is a part of collection of expert papers on clearing and settlement. These paper are a part of Study of International Clearing and Settlement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97479/
- Study of international clearing and settlement: Volume V, Supra Regional Topics
- This report is a part of collection of expert papers on clearing and settlement. These paper are a part of Study of International Clearing and Settlement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97480/
- Study of international clearing and settlement: Volume IV: Northeast Asia/Australia
- This report is a part of collection of expert papers on clearing and settlement. These paper are a part of Study of International Clearing and Settlement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97481/
- Study of international clearing and settlement: Volume III Europe
- This report is a part of collection of expert papers on clearing and settlement. These paper are a part of Study of International Clearing and Settlement. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97482/