An estimated five million US children have asthma. This report argues that many asthma attacks could be avoided - and much suffering prevented and many medical costs saved - if…

This report lays the foundation for determining the gas and oil resources that are realistically available when exploration and production costs, infrastructure and transporation costs, and enviromental impacts are considered.

Who could tell, in the first decade of the twentieth century, what strange adventures might befall those who ventured to travel by the new-fangled aeroplane? A forced landing, perhaps, in…

From advertising to zydeco, this volume provides a guide to scholarly literature on the popular music of the world. It covers non-biographical aspects of the field, including genres, the industry…

The authors provide recommendations that would improve cost estimation and increase accountability for force-management decisions.

A dispassionate assessment of Operation Allied Force, this book provides perspectives form both sides of the Altanitc as well as political and military implications for the U.S. and its allies.

This report analyzes four types of special payments that Medicare has been making rural hospitals and physicians. These special payments are intended to support the rural health care infrastructure to…

This work provides an overview for those interested in understanding this sector of private higher education. Topics covered include legal affairs, finance, community relations, mission and religious identity, and history.