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Passive smoking in the workplace: selected issues: staff paper
Three major areas are covered in this Staff Paper: 1) a review of the studies of health effects related to passive smoking; 2) a review of current Federal, State and local, and private sector workplace smoking policies; and 3) a discussion of factors to consider in an analysis of the costs and benefits of implementing a workplace smoking policy.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Background papers, Volume II
This report discusses the commodity programs that have been developed over the years with the objective to raise farm outcomes.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effects of federal policies on extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
A report on OTA’s assessment of payment for physician services: strategies for medicare
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hearing Impairment and Elderly People
This OTA background paper discusses the prevalence of hearing impairment and its impact on elderly people; hearing devices and services that may benefit them; and problems in the service delivery system that limit access to these devices and services.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture, Volume 2, Part D
This report examines two problems facing small communities surrounded by large-scale agriculture: 1) the emerging opposition of the social and economic interests dividing agribusiness and the rural community, and 2) the lack of articulation of social programs to rural areas.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture, Volume 2, Part C
This report considers the relationships that exist among farmers' credit use, credit policies, and various structural issues in agriculture. Different sections in this report highlight the importance of these relationships, consider the role of technology, review some of the prevailing views on credit policy and structural issues, and consider the implications for additional information.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The transfer of western managerial knowledge to China
This report discusses Chinese management, labor productivity, quality of industrial and consumer products, costumer service level, and worker motivation.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
Fischer, William A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Politics, policy, and China's future course
This report starts out with an overview of China's politics, the post-Mao era. The report continues with China's policy evaluation.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
Fingar, Thomas
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture, Volume 2, Part E
This report discusses the challenges in the agricultural research with that come with the recent development in genetics and molecular biology. The report discusses the breakthroughs in agricultural research in creating new knowledge in both animal and plant worlds.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Volume 2, Background papers
This report discusses various land management technologies that are under development in response to needs to reduce soil erosion, reduce leaching of plant nutrients and chemicals, and reduce fuel costs, while maintaining or increasing crops. The paper discuses the following lines of research: conservation tillage, controlled traffic farming, costumed prescribed tillage, multi-cropping, and organic farming.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Volume II, Background papers
This report discusses the genetically engineering procedures, including: definitions and scopes, production of pharmaceuticals, control of infectious diseases, major breakthroughs needed, detection and treatment of genetic abnormalities, control of caner and leukemia, and institutional arrangements.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of technology transfer for China's economic future
This report discusses the impact of several industries on China's economic future. The clothing and consumer electronics industry,the motor vehicle industry. The report describes the ranking Chinese, South Korean and Japanese exports to the United States.
Date:
May 1986
Creator:
Keidel, Albert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Rail Transportation Divsion
This report discusses the railway systems in China, United States and Canada. A number of Chinese PRC railroad officers, engineers, transportation specialists, and planning experts studied in the USA.
Date:
May 30, 1986
Creator:
Blaine, David G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library