Collection
Serial/Series Title
Background paper
8
Technical Memoranda
3
The Implications of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Medical Technology
3
OTA background papers
2
Protecting the Nation's Groundwater from Contamination
2
Adolescent Health
1
HIV-related issues. Background paper
1
Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels: Alternatives for Reducing Oil Imports
1
Preventive Health Services Under Medicare
1
Staff paper
1
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Legal and regulatory issues for neural grafts
This report discusses the use of neural grafts from fetuses that is showing some success for the treatment of disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
Date:
October 1989
Creator:
Andrews, Lori B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of ethical implications of selected alternatives for paying physicians under the Medicare program
This report discusses the effects of changes in Medicare reimbursement methods, examines the ethical considerations, and classifies the alternative payment methods.
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
Capron, Alexander M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An ethical analysis of withdrawal from life-sustaining technologies and assisted death: a report for the Office of Technology Assessment
This report is designated to offer an ethical analysis of decisions to withhold and to withdrew life-sustaining technologies form patients in accord with their wishes and interests.
Date:
October 4, 1985
Creator:
Childress, James F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Japan's science and engineering pipeline: structure, policies, and trends
This report discusses the Japanese higher education graduates in science and engineering. It discusses the work force in these fields and the major structural reforms in the education system.
Date:
October 23, 1987
Creator:
Cummings, William K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Computer networks in elementary and secondary education
This report discusses the power of new tools for teaching and learning
Date:
October 16, 1987
Creator:
Dowdy, Earl
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Background paper on cataract surgery and physician payment under the Medicare program
This report both describes current clinical and economic aspects of cataract surgery and analyzes how alternative methods of paying physicians might affect cataract surgery in the future.
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
Garrison Jr., Louis P. & Yamashiro, Sandra M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Life sustaining technologies and the elderly: prolonged mechanical ventilation
This report aims to identify the tasks assigned by the OTA and their major sections. The issues of concern to the OTA, and those who make contributions to their discussion, are shown.
Date:
October 15, 1985
Creator:
Goldberg, Allen I.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The immunological aspects of neural grafting
This report starts out with an overview of the immune system, describes the central nervous system (CNS), and future consideration.
Date:
October 10, 1989
Creator:
Hickey, William F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The international dimension: new technologies and intellectual property rights
This report considers international copyright as an instrument of adjustment of rights and interests domestically and among nations.
Date:
October 1984
Creator:
Homet, Roland S., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mechanisms for facilitating a vital and dynamic education system: fundamental roles for education science and technology
This report aims to synthesize discussions, correspondences and readings in terms of a novel framework that characterizes advances in the field of educational science and technology.
Date:
October 31, 1987
Creator:
Pea, Roy D. & Soloway, Elliot
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Screening for Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Elderly
A report on open-angle glaucoma (OAG), whcich is the second largest single cause of blindness in the elderly, afflicting an estimated 2 to 3 percent of this age group at any time. the report discusses epidemiology of OAG, treatment, screening technology available, and medicare coverage for OAG.
Date:
October 1988
Creator:
Power, Elaine J.; Wagner, Judith L. & Duffy, Brigitte M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Implications of alternative Medicare payment methods for pneumoccal vaccination
The purpose of this report is to: 1)update the estimated level of use of pneumococcal vaccine in the United States, 2)examine factors that influence its use, and 3) assess how, if at all, selected alternative payment methods might affect the use of this vaccine.
Date:
October 1985
Creator:
Riddiough, Michael A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Inventors' vignettes: success and failure in the development of medical devices: contractor documents
This report report discusses the development of technician's auto analyzer, the first cardiac pacemaker, electronic retinoscope, the development of implantable drug-infusion pump and other implantable medication systems.
Date:
October 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Adolescent Health, Volume 2: Background and the Effectiveness of Selected Prevention and Treatment Services
The report responds to the request of numerous Members of Congress to review the physical, emotional, and behavioral health status of contemporary American adolescents, including adolescents in groups who might be more likely to be in special need of health-related interventions: adolescents living in poverty, adolescents from racial and ethnic minority groups, Native American adolescents, and adolescents in rural areas.
Date:
October 1991
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
American Military Power: Future Needs, Future Choices
This background paper outlines some of the issues of importance for making choices about the future nature and role of U.S. armed forces, and suggests how these choices will affect defense base requirements. The final report of the assessment, to be delivered in the spring of 1992, will address specific policy options arising from the strategic choices and tactical decisions discussed here.
Date:
October 1991
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the ERDA Plan and Program
A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing a plan put forth by the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). This report assesses the plan and "is intended to provide the Congress with much of the background information necessary for an effective analysis of ERDA's energy R&D programs" (p. vii).
Date:
October 1978
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Alternatives for A National Computerized Criminal History System
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that addresses "1) the status of criminal history record systems in the United States; 2) the alternatives for a national computerized criminal history (CCH) system; 3) the possible impacts of such a system; and 4) the relevant policy issues that warrant congressional attention to ensure that the beneficial impacts of a national CCH system are maximized and the possible adverse impacts controlled or minimized" (p. iii).
Date:
October 1982
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of maritime trade and technology that "traces prevailing conditions and dominant trends that are important to the way the Federal Government assumes its responsibility for developing and implementing policy" (p. iii).
Date:
October 1983
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Benefits of Increased Use of Continuous Casting by the U.S. Steel Industry
An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the United States steel industry, particularly various processes of casting currently used by the industry.
Date:
October 1979
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Biotechnology in a Global Economy
This report examines the impact of biotechnology in several industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, agriculture, and hazardous waste clean-up; the efforts of 16 Nations to develop commercial uses of biotechnology; and the actions, both direct and indirect, taken by various governments that influence innovation in biotechnology.
Date:
October 1991
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cancer Testing Technology and Saccharin
A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that, among other things, assesses "the capacity of current testing methodology to predict the carcinogenic potential of chemicals consumed by humans, with special reference to the validity of extrapolating from results of animal tests to possible human effects" (p. v). This study was done in response to the banning of the sweetener saccharin and the controversy about the testing that led to the ban.
Date:
October 1977
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Coming Clean: Superfund Problems Can Be Solved...
In this report, OTA concludes that there is ample reason to be optimistic about the potential of the Superfund program and presents a number of possible strategic initiatives and incremental program changes in some detail. As difficult as the national cleanup job is, there are many ways to build a better balance between health and environmental needs and the limitations that technology, experience, and economics will always impose.
Date:
October 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Competing Economies: America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim
This report examines how the economic environment of the United States can be made more conducive to improving manufacturing performance. It considers how Federal institutions, in cooperation with industry, can develop competitiveness strategies for high-tech, fast growing industries; and how trade, financial, and technology policies could be combined into a strategic competitiveness policy.
Date:
October 1991
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Containment of Underground Nuclear Explosions
This special report reviews the safety of the nuclear testing program and assesses the technical procedures used to test nuclear weapons and ensure that radioactive material produced by test explosions remains contained underground. An overall evaluation considers the acceptability of the remaining risk and discusses reasons for the lack of public confidence.
Date:
October 1989
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library