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The evolution of distance learning: technology-mediated interactive learning: a report for the study, "Technologies for learning at a distance", Science, Education, and Transportation Program
This report has two primary goals. One objective is to provide provocative ideas on how emerging forces external to education may shape the future of distance learning. The second purpose is to depict a potential new field, technology-mediated interactive learning, that may result from synthesis of distance learning, cooperative learning, and computer-supported cooperative work.
Date:
July 1989
Creator:
Dede, Christopher
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transplantation of adrenal tissue into the nervous system
This report the transplantation of adrenal medullary tissue to the nervous system.
Date:
July 30, 1989
Creator:
Fine, Alan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National security risks of dual-use transfers to China
This report addresses several basic question about China's military-industrial complex to help provide a framework that policy maker can use in evaluating the likely effects of dual use transfers on Chinese military capability, and the attendant national security risks to the US.
Date:
July 7, 1986
Creator:
Frieman, Wendy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Contractor report on mineral processing
This report discusses the processing of titanium and associated heavy minerals, the general explorations of offshore deposits, and offshore titanium heavy minerals production scenarios.
Date:
July 1987
Creator:
Harvey, W. William
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of AIDS on the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (Northern California Region)
The topic of this fourth paper in OTA’S series of AIDS-related issues is the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the Kaiser Permanence Medical Care Program’s (KPMCP) northern California region and was originally commissioned for OTA’s assessment of Medical Testing and Health Insurance. Key OTA staff involved in the oversight of the project were Jill Eden, Larry Miike, and Laurie Mount.
Date:
July 1988
Creator:
Hiatt, Robert A.; Fireman, Bruce; Quesenberry, Charles P., Jr. & Selby, Joseph V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the evidence on the effectiveness of well child care services for children
This report discusses the frequency and timing of recommended child visits, and the frequency and timing of recommended screening tests or procedures in well child care.
Date:
July 1988
Creator:
Homer, Charles J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of data bases for health services research on dementia
This report offers different sources of data regarding different forms of dementia, as well as illustrations and applications in a different settings.
Date:
July 1986
Creator:
Liu, Korbin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Institutional productivity: the undergraduate origins of science and engineering Ph.D.s
This report describes a study which purpose is to address the question of whether certain types of educational institutions are more effective than others in producing baccalaureates who continue on to earn a science/engineering (S/E) Ph.D., and subsequently enter the S/E work force as well as pursue research careers.
Date:
July 1987
Creator:
Maxfield, Betty D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Satellite telecommunications technology transfer to China: case study
This report discusses the Chinese satellites and launch capabilities, China's international satellite connection, and the present status and future goals to China's space communications.
Date:
July 1986
Creator:
McLucas, John & Getsinger, Norman
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Date:
July 1986
Creator:
Smith, Michael J.; Carayon, Pascale & Miezio, Kathleen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Date:
July 1988
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Date:
July 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Oil Shale Technologies—Vol. II: A History and Analysis of the Federal Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program
The report includes discussions of political, economic, environmental, and energy-related factors that affected both the 1968 leasing attempt and its successor—the current Prototype Program. The Program’s goals are identified, and its progress and status are examined to determine if those goals have been met or are likely to be met in the foreseeable future.
Date:
July 1980
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Catching Our Breath: Next Steps for Reducing Urban Ozone
This report on urban ozone was requested by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and its Subcommittee on Health and the Environment in anticipation of the upcoming reauthorization of the Clean Air Act. Of the air pollutants that the Act covers, ozone has been the most difficult to bring under control; it may well be the most expensive.
Date:
July 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Competition in Coastal Seas: An Evaluation of Foreign Maritime Activities in the 200-Mile EEZ
This background paper reviews the status of the major sectors of the maritime industry engaged in EEZ activities and notes the significant trends. Basic data on the major sectors were first prepared for OTA by the Maritime Administration. OTA then conducted a survey of industry and other interested parties and prepared the analyses in the paper.
Date:
July 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defining "Rural" Areas: Impact on Health Care Policy and Research
This paper examines dichotomous designations used to define rural and urban areas and discusses how they are applied in certain Federal programs. In addition, several topologies are described that are useful in showing the diversity that exists within rural areas.
Date:
July 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and the Medicare Program: Implications for Medical Technology
A technical memorandum by the Office of Technology Assessment that evaluates the results of Diagnosis Related Groups and "their implications for use in the Medicare program" (p. iii).
Date:
July 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy From Biological Processes
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment that examines the "energy potential of various sources of plant and animal matter (biomass)," giving an analysis of "prominent biomass issues, summaries of four biomass fuel cycles, a description of biomass' place in two plausible energy futures, and discussions of policy options for promoting energy from biomass" (p. iii).
Date:
July 1980
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study 33: Technologies for Managing Urinary Incontinence
A case study that "describes medical devices and other technologies used to manage urinary incontinence and reports on the firms that produce such devices" (p. 3).
Date:
July 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Technology Case Study Twenty Three: The Safety, Efficacy, and Cost Effectiveness of Therapy Apheresis
A case study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines the cost effectiveness of and the evidence behind the technology of therapeutic apheresis.
Date:
July 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology: Background Paper 2: Case Studies of Medical Technologies: Case Study 12: Assessing Selected Respiratory Therapy Modalities: Trends and Relative Costs in the Washington, D.C., Area
A case study requested by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that presents "a brief overview of selected respiratory therapy modalities, including an assessment, drawn from the available medical and scientific literature, of what is known about the efficacy or effectiveness of various respiratory therapy procedures" (p. 3).
Date:
July 1981
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology: Background Paper 2: Case Study 16: The Costs and Effectiveness of Nurse Practitioners
A study by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that examines the costs and effectiveness of nurse practitioners and other types of physician extenders.
Date:
July 1981
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Innovative Biological Technologies for Lesser Developed Countries
Papers from a workshop hosted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that was dedicated to innovative biological technologies that could be used "to help lesser developed countries (LDCs) enhance the productivity of their soils, reduce their need for costly chemical fertilizers, and increase food supplies" (p. iii).
Date:
July 1985
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Institutional Protocols for Decisions About Life-Sustaining Treatments: special report
This report focuses on the formal policies and guidelines’ through which health care institutions articulate decision making procedures and identify permissible options regarding the use of life-sustaining treatments for adult patients in their care.
Date:
July 1988
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library