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1. Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation
by Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
This technical memorandum presents the results of the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) review and assessment of the scientific evidence on the ... More
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2. Losing a Million Minds: Confronting the Tragedy of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
by Office of Technology Assessment
Prepared at the request of several committees of Congress, this report discusses the medical, social, political, and financial aspects of dementia in ... More
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3. Technologies and Management Strategies for Hazardous Waste Control
by Office of Technology Assessment
This report presents the analyses, findings, and conclusions of OTA's study of the Federal program for the management of nonnuclear industrial ... More
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4. Emerging Food Marketing Technologies: A Preliminary Analysis
by Office of Technology Assessment
Food marketing technologies in the United States are undergoing major changes with a number of global implications. The purpose of this preliminary ... More
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5. Effects of Nuclear War
by Office of Technology Assessment
This assessment was made in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to examine the effects of nuclear war on the ... More
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6. Children's Mental Health: Problems and Services
by Leonard Saxe (Editor), Ota, Office of Technology Assessment (Editor)
The important mental health problems of children have become the focus of increasing public awareness in the past few years. Adolescent suicide, the ... More
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7. Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies
by Office of Technology Assessment
President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative has kindled a national debate over the roles of strategic nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defenses ... More
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8. Gasohol: A Technical Memorandum
by Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
The Office of Technology Assessment is currently preparing an assessment of energy from biological processes. In the course of this study we have ... More
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13. Pharmaceutical R and D: Costs, Risks and Rewards
by Office of Technology Assessment
Pharmaceutical costs are among the fastest growing components of health care costs today. Although increases in the inflation-adjusted prices of ... More
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15. Biological Rhythms -- Implications for the Worker: New Developments in Neuroscience
by Office of Technology Assessment
Approximately 20 million Americans work some form of nonstandard work schedule. These schedules, which require that an individual work during ... More
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16. Patenting Life: New Developments in Biotechnology
by Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
Since the discovery of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970s, biotechnology has become an essential tool for many researchers and industries. ... More
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17. Oil and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater
by Office of Technology Assessment
Nearly 2 billion acres of offshore public domain is owned by the United States adjacent to Alaska and the lower 48 States. Much of the Nation's ... More
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