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- Assessment of disorders causing dementia: the Family Survival Project: final report
- This report discusses the assessment of disorders causing dementia with disabled veterans.
- New developments in neuroscience: historical and ethical issues in neural transplants
- This report investigates neuroscience, it explores the social and intellectual context surrounding advances in neurosciences.
- 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,.
- Screening for Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Elderly
- A report on open-angle glaucoma (OAG), whcich is the second largest single cause of blindness in the elderly, afflicting an estimated 2 to 3 percent of this age group at any time. the report discusses epidemiology of OAG, treatment, screening technology available, and medicare coverage for OAG.
- Preventive health services for children and youth under Medicaid: early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment
- This report discusses the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) program which is a Medicaid program of preventive and comprehensive services that States must make available to children and youth eligible for Medicaid.
- Basic neuroscience and disorders causing dementia
- This report reviews aspects of contemporary neuroscience, emphasizing new information derived from basic and clinical disciplines. It defines the syndrome of dementia and discusses the magnitude of this problems and other issues regarding the disease.
- Educational technology: information networks, markets, and innovation
- This report aims to provide an insight about reasons why educational markets are under-producing educational software, and what thoughtful, practical remedies can be employed to bring the production of educational software up to the socially desirable level.
- An Experiment in Technology Policy-Making: Fifteen Years of the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, September 30, 1987
- This report discusses the history and function of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and how, by the year of publication, the OTA had become very beneficial to Members of the U.S. Congress.
- 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.
- Epidemiology and etiology of Parkinson's disease
- This report provides introduction of Dr. James Parkinson, diagnosis of Parkinson's syndromes, the age of onset of the disease, racial origin and incidence rate of Parkinson's, as well as survival after the onset of Parkinson's.
- Implications of alternative Medicare payment methods for pneumoccal vaccination
- The purpose of this report is to: 1)update the estimated level of use of pneumococcal vaccine in the United States, 2)examine factors that influence its use, and 3) assess how, if at all, selected alternative payment methods might affect the use of this vaccine.
- China's foreign policy, Beijing's military modernization, and American policy alternatives
- This report discusses the determinants of Chinese foreign policy under Mao, the foreign policy changes under Deng, and the influence of military modernization on Chinese foreign policy and on Washington-Beijing relations.
- Responses to decision analysis framework for GPO strategic alternatives; report on federal information dissemination
- This report discusses proliferation in the demand for information and proliferation of technology and its application.
- The Office of Technology Assessment and Congressional Policymaking
- This paper describes the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and its relationship with Congress in developing technology-related policy.
- Evaluation of a 24 hour care system for persons with Alzheimer's and related disorders
- This report discusses the care for the persons with Alzheimer's disease in state hospitals hospitals, and nursing homes.
- Surveillance, historical policy review
- This report discusses the issues at the crossroads between privacy, security and civil liberties in one hand and law enforcement, national security, or effective administration on the other.
- 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.
- Federal computers and telecommunications: security and reliability considerations and computer crime legislative options
- This report concentrates on two major topics: The adequacy of security and reliability policies of the federal government and Computer crime trends and limitations to legislative responses to current and future technological developments.
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: clinical application and Medicare physician payment
- This report discusses the new methods of paying physicians; fee schedules, payment for an episode-of-illness, and capitation payments.
- China's evolving computer industry: the role of foreign technology transfers
- This report provides a series of assessments regarding China's strategy and objectives for computer development. It examines the specific role played by acquisition of foreign computers and related know-how by PRC.
- Release of physician-specific quality of care information: legal issues
- This report discusses the physician-specific vs. patient-specific data, the identifiable interests vie for attention in the analysis of physician-identified data collection and disclosure.
- The Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment: Implications for Controlling AIDS/HIV Infection
- This Background Paper examines the evidence of the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment; it also evaluates the role that such treatment might play in reducing the spread of HIV. Because most intravenous drug users are not in treatment, the paper also examines other approaches to HIV prevention among this high-risk group.
- 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.
- Report on data protection and privacy in seven selected states
- This report describes the privacy protections in effect in seven selected states in the U.S., along with the extent of personal data collection in the states, with particular emphasis on "computer matching" at the state level.
- Intellectual property and the new computer-based media
- This report discusses the intellectual property rights. The concern is primarily with how modern electronics has changed the locus of creation, publishing, and distribution of such property.
- Assessing cost-effectiveness of computer-based technology in public elementary and secondary schools
- This report begins with an explanation of why cost effectiveness studies are important, it continues with the basic economic paradigm for assessing cost-effectiveness.
- Alternative approaches to developing a cadre of "teacher technologists"
- This report discusses the use of technology in education of students K-12 and university.
- Working paper: marine ecological consequences of waste disposal
- This report summarizes the observed effect on marine resources of waste disposal activities. It first briefly describes the nationwide impacts of pollutants on water quality, sediment quality, and marine organisms.
- A note on the strengths and weaknessess [sic] of using the CPS to estimate children's health insurance coverage
- This report discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the Current Population Survey (CPS) relative to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey (NMCE), for the purpose of estimating the numbers of children with different types of health insurance.
- Nutritional support and hydration for critically and terminally ill elderly
- This report discusses the enteral or parenteral nutritional support as a therapy for anyone, including someone 65 or older, who is unable to meet his/her nutrition needs with meals and snack due to inadequate ingestion or impaired digestion or absorption.
- Program of Policy Studies in Science and Technology
- These readings explore the historical, theoretical, methodological, and institutional aspects of assessment. Many of these publications represent early efforts to probe the concept and methodologies of the assessment function.
- Informing the Nation: Federal Information Dissemination in an Electronic Age
- A summary of the publication 'Informing the Nation: Federal Information Dissemination in an Electronic Age,' which discusses the roles of certain government agencies in disseminating their publications electronically.
- Technology Assessment Seminar
- Summary of the Technology Assessment Seminar proceedings held on September 21 and 22, 1968, regarding the importance of technology assessment, development, and responsibility in an increasingly technology-dependent society. Attendees consisted of Members of Congress and various technology experts and scholars .
- The 1992 World Administrative Radio Conference: technology and policy implications
- This report discusses the role of radio technologies and services in our daily lives. The report elaborates on the outcomes and implications for U.S. radio technology, and the next steps and lessons for the future.
- 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.
- 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.
- Biotechnology in a global economy
- This report discusses the biotechnology in the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.
- Biotechnology in a global economy: Biotechnology developments in Asia - A financial prespective
- This report discusses the biotechnology development, government, research institutes and industry and finance in the following countries: Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan.
- 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.
- 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.
- Electric power wheeling and dealing: technological considerations for increasing competition: volume II--contractor documents, part D.
- This report discusses the assessment of survey of utilities' reactions to order to determine reactions to change the industry's competitive environment.
- Finding a balance: computer software, intellectual property and the challenge of technological change
- This report identifies three policy issues; 1) the appropriate scope of copyright protection for computer software; 2) patent protection for software-related inventions and algorithms, and how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will handle these types of applications; and 3) complications facing librar4ies and commercial and private producers and users of digital information, including computer-based mixed media products.
- Fueling development: energy technologies for developing countries: summary
- This report discusses the issues surrounding energy efficiency in developing countries. Explores the way in which developing countries meet their energy needs, and how that affects the political stability and broad-based economic growth.
- Health care technology and its assessment in eight countries
- This report is a part of a larger study on International Differences in Health Care Technology and Spending. It discusses health care technology as a policy issue, healthcare technology in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States, as well as the lessons from the eight countries.
- Impact of federal funding changes on state/local infrastructure financing resources
- This report estimates the impact on state and local governments of four possible changes in federal financing for public works.
- Inventors' vignettes: success and failure in the development of medical devices: contractor documents
- This report report discusses the development of technician's auto analyzer, the first cardiac pacemaker, electronic retinoscope, the development of implantable drug-infusion pump and other implantable medication systems.
- List of publications
- This report provides general information on categories of publications issued by OTA: Energy and materials, industry, technology and employment, international security and commerce, biological applications, food and renewable resources, health, communication and information technologies, oceans and environment, science, transportation and innovation.
- Mapping our genes: federal genome projects: How vast? How fast?: contractor reports, volume 1
- This report discusses the research and technology efforts aimed at mapping and sequencing large portions or entire genomes. It includes the implication of technologies, social and ethical issues, applications in research biology and medicine etc.
- Mapping our genes: federal genome projects: How vast? How fast?: contractor reports, volume 2
- This report discusses the research and technology efforts aimed at mapping and sequencing large portions or entire genomes. It includes the implication of technologies, social and ethical issues, applications in research biology and medicine etc.
- Mapping our genes: federal genome projects: How vast? How fast?: transcript of workshop, "Costs of Human Genome Projects"
- This report discusses the research and technology efforts aimed at mapping and sequencing large portions or entire genomes. It includes the implication of technologies, social and ethical issues, applications in research biology and medicine etc.