This report discusses the regulatory issues regarding cattle disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and a rare, fatal human illness, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to useful information to community colleges regarding the reporting of contact hours, including relevant rules and regulations, statements of opinion, current funding rates, audit programs, and other general information.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to reviewing and commenting on the financial audits of the Dallas, Corpus Christi, Houston, and Austin mass transit authorities for fiscal years 1994 through 1996 and performance audit reports issued during the most current period.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to determining whether recommendations made in the previous management control audit at the Texas Funeral Service Commission were fully implemented, partially implemented, or not implemented.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to weaknesses in controls over contracts, budgeting, and licensing, which prevent the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Commission) from ensuring that its mission is achieved.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to providing boards, commissions, and agency managements with definitions and explanations of management controls.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to assessing whether adequate management controls exist for right-of-way purchases, and whether the Department of Transportation's retooling process for the Right-of-Way Division has affected the effectiveness of current acquisition controls.

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to evaluating the effectiveness of the State's internal audit departments, and determining whether internal audit departments were meeting the key objectives of internal auditing and assisting agency administrators in carrying out their assigned responsibilities.

Report providing summaries of significant legislative actions conducted by the 75th Texas Legislature, broken down by topical categories.

The treatment for some thyroid carcinomas involves surgically removing the thyroid gland and administering the radiopharmaceutical Sodium iodide-{sup 131}I (NaI). A diagnostic dose of NaI is given to the patient to determine if remnant tissue from the gland remains or larger doses are administered in order to treat the malignant tissue. Past research regarding NaI uptake and retention in euthyroid individuals (normal functioning thyroid) reveal that radioiodine concentrates mainly in the thyroid tissue and the remaining material is excreted from the body. The majority of radioiodine in athyroid (without thyroid) individuals is also eliminated from the body; however, there has been recent evidence of a long-term retention phase for individuals with no radioiodine concentrating tissue. The general purpose of this study was to develop a kinetic model and estimate the absorbed dose to athyroid individuals regarding the distribution and retention of NaI.

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Compilation of monthly reports from departments in the city of San Antonio, Texas providing statistics, project updates, and other information about services and activities.

A report of the highlights of the 75th Legislature regular session with the text of highlighted bills and arguments made for and against them.

A report on illegal dumping of trash in the Texas-Mexico border region and its effects on county governments.

The report discusses the bill that was introduced on May 14,1997, by the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, and the bill was referred to that committee.

This report covers the Civilian Marksmanship Program and its relationship with Congress. It also covers issues and controversial nature of the government initiated program.

Monthly report of the Texas A & M University Real Estate Center on statistics, recent news, and developments related to real estate.

The following report is based on findings from the observational studies on the Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during 1995. The objectives of this research were to conduct beach counts (censuses), tag weaned pups and immature seals for permanent identification, identify other seals by previously applied tags and by natural or applied markings, monitor reproduction, survival, injuries, entanglements, interatoll movements, disappearances, and deaths, perform necropsies, collect tissue samples for DNA analysis, and inventory, sample, and destroy debris capable of entangling wildlife.

Monthly report documenting contracts for road construction and maintentance in Texas, organized by county and district. It includes information about each project including contractor, dates, costs, and other relevant data.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents that involved more than one vehicle in Texas during calendar year 1997, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents involving only one vehicle in Texas during 1997, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents that involved pedalcyclists in Texas during calendar year 1997, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents that involved pickup trucks in Texas during calendar year 1997, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.

Semiannual report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents that happened at railroad crossings in Texas during calendar year 1997, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.