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Mifepristone (RU486) is the first clinically available antiprogestin. It is recognized that mifepristone, along with other antiprogestins, has a potentially significant therapeutic role in human health and disease. This book provides an evaluation of knowledge about both the fundamental nature of antiprogestins as well as their possible use.

Examines how to translate workers' productivity increases into gains for the organization, and discusses why huge investments in automation and other innovations have failed to boost productivity. This book examines problems in productivity measurement and presents solutions.

Offers four strategies that serve as the basis for a national policy to protect soil and water quality, while maintaining US agricultural productivity and competitiveness. This volume is of interest to federal, state, and local policymakers; environmental and agricultural officials; scientists involved in soil and water issues; and more.

Establishes a framework for assessing health care reform proposals and their implementation. This book presents a discussion and analysis of issues essential to achieving fundamental goals of health care reform. It is a useful resource for those developing or assessing options for reform.

Offers explanations of: the processes involved in in situ bioremediation, circumstances in which it is best used, and methods of measurement, field testing, and modeling to evaluate the results of bioremediation projects. This book is useful to policymakers, regulators, bioremediation practitioners and purchasers, environmental groups, and more.

How can we meet the special needs of children for emergency medical services (EMS) when EMS systems are often unprepared for the challenge? This comprehensive overview of EMS for children (EMS-C) provides an answer by presenting a vision for EMS-C system and practical recommendations for attaining it.

Identifies the opportunities for progress in basic and clinical research in the biological sciences, food science and technology, and public health. This volume highlights the importance of technology and instrumentation and is useful for investigators, administrators, and funding decisionmakers in government and industry.

Evaluates the safety, oversight, and management functions that are implemented in the Space Shuttle program to ensure that the software is of the highest quality possible. This work makes numerous recommendations regarding safety and management procedures and offers a rationale for continuing the Independent Verification and Validation effort.

Like many other agencies of the federal government, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relies extensively on external advisory committees for independent scientific and technical advice. This volume recommends ways of enhancing the use of these committees in the evaluation of drugs, biological materials, and medical devices.

Because most proposals for health care reform assume some continued role for employers, this book describes the strength and limitations of the system of employment-based health benefits. It is useful for policymakers and regulators, employee benefit managers and other executives, trade associations, and decisionmakers.

Based on workshops held in Benin, Ethiopia, and Namibia to better understand the dynamics of contemporary democratic movements in Africa. Key issues in the democratization process range from its institutional and political requirements to specific problems, such as ethnic conflict, corruption, and role of donors in promoting democracy.

Outlines pressing marine research problems and offers recommendations for how they may be solved, with detailed discussions of how oceanographic research is conducted. This comprehensive book is suitable for researchers, faculty, and students in the field, as well as federal policymakers, research administrators, and environmental professionals.

Examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. This book identifies additional data needed to clarify policy issues or for use in projection models.

Presents a history of the violence and the research findings and conclusions of a 1992 delegation to Guatemala. This book focuses on the human rights concerns and the responses of the government and military authorities to those concerns. It presents the status of an investigation into the political murder of an eminent Guatemalan anthropologist.

Examines the reasons why science is important to the national parks, reviews evaluations of research in the parks, and recommends ways to improve the science program. This book stresses the need for two distinct but related approaches to research, called "science for the parks" and "parks for science."

Provides a direction for developing strategies that mitigate land degradation, deforestation and biological resource losses. This book also includes a practical discussion of 12 major land use options for boosting food production and enhancing local economies, while protecting the natural resource base.

The decline of the 'Alala is part of a larger phenomenon of reduction and extinction of forest birds throughout Polynesia that has been associated with human colonization. This book analyzes the data about the 'Alala and details its findings, conclusions, and recommendations concerning recovery efforts for this endangered bird.

Examines the controversies over proper cage sizes and interpretation of federal requirements for exercise and offers recommendations for researchers. This book includes guidelines on how to recognize and alleviate pain and distress in research dogs and on the sensitive topic of euthanasia. It is useful for researchers and research administrators.

Identifies infectious disease threats posed by bacteria and viruses, as well as protozoans, helminths, and fungi. This volume includes a historical perspective on infectious disease, with focuses on Lyme disease, peptic ulcer, malaria, dengue, and recent increases in tuberculosis.

Outlines a framework of priorities for computer science and engineering (CS&E), along with recommendations for education, funding, and leadership. This volume examines how computer scientists and engineers are pushing back the frontiers of their field and how CS&E must change to meet the challenges of the future.

Addresses the factors that impede the transition of new materials from concepts into commercial use. This book identifies policies and actions that government and industry, together with universities, can take to remove these impediments. It also suggests incentives to accelerate the commercialization of advanced materials.

Prepared at the request of NASA, this book presents steps to help prevent the erosion of US dominance in the global aeronautics market. It recommends the expansion of research on advanced aircraft that travel at subsonic speeds and research on designs that will meet expected future demands for supersonic and short-haul aircraft.

Presents an agenda for research that aims to provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. This book includes discussions of research needs in the biological sciences, as well as economics and anthropology, areas of critical importance to conservation and sustainable development.

Contains reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behaviour. This volume examines areas, such as genetic contributions to the probability of violent behaviours; brain structure and functioning as implicated in aggressive behaviour; the roles of hormonal and neurological interactions in violent behaviour; and more.

Written for nonscientists, this book helps individuals understand the basic science behind changes in the global environment and the resulting policy implications that the population of the entire planet must face. It also presents practical examinations of economic, security, and development questions.

Addresses issues in the public debate over AIDS. This book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions. It is helpful to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.

Describes the relationship between plasma processes and industrial applications, examines plasma processing in the electronics industry, highlights the scientific foundation underlying this technology, and discusses education issues in this field. This title recommends a coordinated, focused, and well-funded research program in this area.

Based on the second Frontiers of Science symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, this book describes the accomplishments and directions in ten basic fields, represented by scientists convening to discuss their research. It also discusses the developments in magnetic resonance imaging and breakthroughs in medical diagnosis.