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Genetic Technology: A New Frontier

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This book is one of the first comprehensive documents on emerging genetic technologies and their implications for society. The authors discuss the opportunities and problems involved, describe current techniques, and…

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Genetic Technology: A New Frontier

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This book is one of the first comprehensive documents on emerging genetic technologies and their implications for society. The authors discuss the opportunities and problems involved, describe current techniques, and…

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Technology and Soviet Energy Availability

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Endowed with abundant energy resources, the Soviet Union is the world’s largest oil producer and a major exporter of both oil and gas. Despite this enviable position, there have been…

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Technology And Soviet Energy Availability

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Endowed with abundant energy resources, the Soviet Union is the world’s largest oil producer and a major exporter of both oil and gas. In addition to examining the significance of…

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Energy from Biological Processes: Technical and Policy Options: Technical And Policy Options

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This book explores the energy potential and policy implications of biomass and assesses the technology and the economic, environmental, and social impacts of bioenergy development. It describes anaerobic digestion of…

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Energy from Biological Processes: Technical and Policy Options: Technical And Policy Options

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This book explores the energy potential and policy implications of biomass and assesses the technology and the economic, environmental, and social impacts of bioenergy development. It describes anaerobic digestion of…

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Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction

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Substance abuse and addiction are complex phenomena that defy simple explanation or description. A tangled interaction of factors contributes to an individual’s experimentation with, use, and perhaps subsequent abuse of…

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Cancer Risk: Assessing and Reducing the Dangers in Our Society

This report examines the technologies used to gather and analyze information about cancer in our society, as well as the ways in which those technologies affect and are affected by…

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Losing A Million Minds: Confronting the Tragedy of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

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Prepared at the request of several committees of Congress, this report discusses the medical, social, political, and financial aspects of dementia in the elderly and assesses the impact of these…

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Marine Minerals: Exploring Our New Ocean Frontier

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Throughout history, man has been fascinated by the mysteries that lay hidden below the ocean surface. Jules Verne, the 19th century novelist, author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, captured…

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Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid/Semiarid Lands: Selected Foreign Experience

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This report complements the forthcoming OTA assessment on water and agriculture in U.S. arid/semiarid lands. The full assessment focuses on U.S. experience. Foreign experience is also important, however, particularly as…

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Commercializing High-Temperature Superconductivity

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Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity (HTS), research laboratories around the world have pushed the temperature limits steadily upward, opening the way to commercial applications with potentially revolutionary impacts. The…

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Technologies for Prehistoric and Historic Preservation

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Archaeological remains and historic structures and landscapes are important tangible reminders of this Nation’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. They provide a sense of our past and contribute in other…

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Technologies and Management Strategies for Hazardous Waste Control

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This report presents the analyses, findings, and conclusions of OTA’s study of the Federal program for the management of nonnuclear industrial hazardous waste –an issue that has now reached national…

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Pharmaceutical R and D: Costs, Risks and Rewards

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Pharmaceutical costs are among the fastest growing components of health care costs today. Although increases in the inflation-adjusted prices of ethical drugs and perceived high prices of new drugs have…

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Energy from Open Ocean Kelp Farms

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Large ocean energy farms may one day prove to be an alternative source of synthetic natural gas for homes and businesses. Research into new ocean biomass energy systems has been…

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Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater

Office of Technology Assessment

Nearly 2 billion acres of offshore public domain is owned by the United States adjacent to Alaska and the lower 48 States. Much of the Nation’s future domestic petroleum supply…

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Cancer Risk: Assessing and Reducing the Dangers in Our Society

This book illuminates the debates about the importance of environmental factors in cancer occurrence and the laws that require actions to reduce exposures to cancer-causing substances. It describes what is…

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Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies

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President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative has kindled a national debate over the roles of strategic nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defenses, and arms control in U.S. national security policy. It has…

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Strategic Defenses: Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment

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To contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control. Originally published…

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Strategic Defenses: Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment

Office of the Technology Assessment

To contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control. Originally published…

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Strategic Defense Initiative: Survivability and Software

Office of the Technology Assessment

Strategic Defense Initiative examines developments in the technologies currently being researched under SDI. The OTA does not repeat the work of its earlier reports but gives special attention to filling…

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Strategic Defense Initiative: Survivability and Software

Office of the Technology Assessment

Strategic Defense Initiative examines developments in the technologies currently being researched under SDI. The OTA does not repeat the work of its earlier reports but gives special attention to filling…

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An Assessment of Technology for Local Development

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OTA s An Assessment of Technology for Local Development reviews tools for growing local economies, producing more food and energy locally, creating a healthy local environment, and cutting financial and…

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Children’s Mental Health: Problems and Services

Leonard Saxe,Office of Technology Assessment

The important mental health problems of children have become the focus of increasing public awareness in the past few years. Adolescent suicide, the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children…

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Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

Reprinted from the 1983 edition –T.p. verso.

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Biological Rhythms – Implications for the Worker: New Developments in Neuroscience

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

Approximately 20 million Americans work some form of nonstandard work schedule. These schedules, which require that an individual work during nondaytime hours, noncontinuous hours, or for extended periods, are referred…

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Gasohol: A Technical Memorandum

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

The Office of Technology Assessment is currently preparing an assessment of energy from biological processes. In the course of this study we have carried out an extensive analysis of alcohol…

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Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/Semiarid Lands

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

Water is a major limiting factor in most areas where Western arid and semiarid agriculture is currently practiced. Increasing water demands from nonagricultural users plus growing problems of ground water…

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Energy from Biological Processes

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

Responding to a request by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for an evaluation of the energy potential of sources of plant and animal matter (biomass), this report…

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Patenting Life: New Developments in Biotechnology

Office of Technology Assessment,United States Congress

Since the discovery of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970s, biotechnology has become an essential tool for many researchers and industries. The potential of biotechnology has spurred the creative…

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Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens: Office of Technology Assessment Task Force

Lewis Publishers

This excellent resource describes the various Federal agency programs, guidelines, laws, and requirements regarding potential exposure to carcinogens in the environment-ambient air, water, and soil-workplace environment-food and drugs and other…

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The Politics of Expertise in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Office of Technology Assessment

Bruce Bimber

Examines the relationship between technical experts and elected officials, challenging the prevailing view about how experts become politicized by the policy process.

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The Effects of Nuclear War

Of Tech Office of Technology Assessment,Of the Un Congress of the United States

This assessment was made in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to examine the effects of nuclear war on the populations and economies of the…

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Green Products by Design: Choices for a Cleaner Environment

Of Tech Office of Technology Assessment,Of the Un Congress of the United States

As the United States and other nations begin to get serious about an array of potentially significant environmental threats, from global climate change to local groundwater contamination, traditional formulas of…

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Industrial Technology Assessments: An Evaluation of the Research Program of the Office of Industrial Technologies

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials Advisory Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Industrial Technology Assessments

In 1993, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technology (OIT) established a group of seven industries designated as Industries of the Future (IOF). These industries were selected…

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Congress’s Own Think Tank: Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995)

P. Blair

Congress’ Own Think Tank recaps the OTA experience?it’s creation, operation, and circumstances of its closure? and that of organizations attempting to fill the gap since OTA’s closure as well as…

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2001 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Aircraft Technology Program

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Naval Studies Board,Committee for the Review of ONR's Aircraft Technology Program,National Academy of Sciences

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) contracted with the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to review ONR’s Aircraft Technology Program (ATP)…

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1999 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program

National Research Council,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Naval Studies Board,Committee on the Review of the ONR's Air and Surface Weaponry Program

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2002 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Naval Studies Board,Committee for the Review of ONR's Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program,National Academy of Sciences

Represents the consensus views of the committee and is based on the information presented prior to and at the review, as well as on the committee members’ accumulated experience and…

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2003 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Naval Studies Board,Committee for the Review of ONR's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program,National Academy of Sciences

The Office of Naval Research funds research across a range of scientific and engineering disciplines in support of the Navy and Marine Corps. This report presents the results of the…

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Students save money by purchasing this bundle. This package includes Technology for Success and Shelly Cashman Series Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019, 1st Edition, and access to SAM 365…

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Building a Workforce for the Information Economy: Workforce Needs in Information Technology

Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council

Looks at IT workers and the policy issues they inspire. This book identifies characteristics that differentiate IT work from other categories of high-tech work, including an informative contrast with biotechnology…

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Ensuring Value for Money in Health Care: The Role of Health Technology Assessment in the European Union

C Sorenson,M.F. Drummond,Panos Kanavos

This book provides a detailed review of the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in the European Union. It examines both method and process in the prioritization and financing of…

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An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center: Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union

Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Reviews the International Science and Technology Center’s objectives and plans. This report concludes that, during its first two years, the ISTC was successful and effective in meeting its primary objective…

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Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal AIDS, with Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office; A.D. 1284-1431; Published by Authority of H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department Volume 3

Great Britain Exchequer,Anthony Story Maskelyne,C Johnson (Chalmers University of Technology Gothenberg)

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Genetic Technology: A New Frontier

Genetic Technology: A New Frontier

Technology and Soviet Energy Availability

Technology And Soviet Energy Availability

Energy from Biological Processes: Technical and Policy Options: Technical And Policy Options

Energy from Biological Processes: Technical and Policy Options: Technical And Policy Options

Biological Components of Substance Abuse and Addiction

Cancer Risk: Assessing and Reducing the Dangers in Our Society

Losing A Million Minds: Confronting the Tragedy of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias

Marine Minerals: Exploring Our New Ocean Frontier

Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in Arid/Semiarid Lands: Selected Foreign Experience

Commercializing High-Temperature Superconductivity

Technologies for Prehistoric and Historic Preservation

Technologies and Management Strategies for Hazardous Waste Control

Pharmaceutical R and D: Costs, Risks and Rewards

Energy from Open Ocean Kelp Farms

Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater

Cancer Risk: Assessing and Reducing the Dangers in Our Society

Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies

Strategic Defenses: Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment

Strategic Defenses: Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment

Strategic Defense Initiative: Survivability and Software

Strategic Defense Initiative: Survivability and Software

An Assessment of Technology for Local Development

Children’s Mental Health: Problems and Services

Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation

Biological Rhythms – Implications for the Worker: New Developments in Neuroscience

Gasohol: A Technical Memorandum

Water-Related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/Semiarid Lands

Energy from Biological Processes

Patenting Life: New Developments in Biotechnology

Identifying and Regulating Carcinogens: Office of Technology Assessment Task Force

The Politics of Expertise in Congress: The Rise and Fall of the Office of Technology Assessment

The Effects of Nuclear War

Green Products by Design: Choices for a Cleaner Environment

Industrial Technology Assessments: An Evaluation of the Research Program of the Office of Industrial Technologies

Congress’s Own Think Tank: Learning from the Legacy of the Office of Technology Assessment (1972-1995)

2001 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Aircraft Technology Program

1999 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program

2002 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Air and Surface Weapons Technology Program

2003 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program

Bundle: Technology for Success and Shelly Cashman Series Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2019 + Sam 365 & 2019 Assessments, Training, and Projects Printed Access Card with Access to Ebook, 2 Terms

Building a Workforce for the Information Economy: Workforce Needs in Information Technology

Ensuring Value for Money in Health Care: The Role of Health Technology Assessment in the European Union

An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center: Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union

Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal AIDS, with Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office; A.D. 1284-1431; Published by Authority of H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department Volume 3

Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal AIDS, with Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office; A.D. 1284-1431; Published by Authority of H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department Volume 2

Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal AIDS, with Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office; A.D. 1284-1431; Published by Authority of H.M. Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department

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