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Selected Technology Issues in U.S. Aquaculture
This report discusses different aquatic species that are produced in the United States, including various animal and plant ornamentals, species for environmental remediation, industrial and pharmaceutical feedstocks, and products for biomedical research.
Date:
September 1995
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adult Literacy and New Technologies: Tools for a Lifetime
Adult education needs are difficult to define and difficult to meet; what constitutes adequate literacy changes continually as the demands facing individuals grow more complex. This report is an attempt to identify those capabilities, along with limitations, and outline how new information technologies can be marshaled to meet the goal of a fully literate citizenry.
Date:
July 1993
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adolescent Health Insurance Status: Analyses of Trends in Coverage and Preliminary Estimates of the Effects of an Employer Mandate and Medicaid Expansion on the Uninsured
This report examines the health insurance status of adolescents (10 to 18 years of age) based on census data. It considers the reasons that some adolescents are insured and others are not, changes in the number of uninsured adolescents over time, and the effects of various approaches to ensure that more adolescents have insurance.
Date:
June 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lessons in Restructuring Defense Industry: The French Experience
This background paper first describes the structure and management of the French defense-industrial base and then reviews a variety of strategies the French Government and industry are pursuing to rationalize the base, while preserving key technological assets and strengthening the competitive position of French defense contractors in world markets.
Date:
June 1992
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Menopause, Hormone Therapy, and Women's Health
This background paper describes what is known about the natural progression of the menopause and its effect on women’s health, hormone treatment and prescribing practices, alternative approaches, and research needs.
Date:
May 1992
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Using Desalination Technologies for Water Treatment
This study provides a technical assessment of traditional desalination techniques that can be used for water treatment. These techniques include distillation, as well as more recently developed membrane processes. As part of this effort OTA held a one-day workshop on July 29, 1987, with desalination and water treatment experts to review the initial draft of this background paper and to discuss other areas of interest. The conclusions of these discussions are included in this background report.
Date:
March 1988
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technologies Underlying Weapons of Mass Destruction
This paper reviews the technical requirements for countries to develop and build nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, along with the systems most capable of delivering these weapons to distant or defended targets: ballistic missiles, combat aircraft, and cruise missiles.
Date:
December 1993
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness and Costs of Osteoporosis Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy, Vol. II: Evidence on Benefits, Risks, and Costs
This paper assesses the medical benefits and costs of both screening and hormone replacement therapy. It is divided into two volumes. This volume provides the basis for the assumptions about the costs and effects of screening and hormonal replacement therapy used in the cost-effectiveness model.
Date:
August 1995
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library