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THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY'S EFFORTS TOWARD COMPUTERIZATION OF BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS AND THE TECHNICAL DATA HAVE MADE A HUGE VOLUME OF INFORMATION MORE MANAGEABLE AND EASIER TO USE. THE DESIGN PROFESSION WOULD BENEFIT FROM A SIMILAR ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP SOME CONSISTENCY AMONG THESE SPECIFICATIONS AND THEIR LEGAL COUNTERPARTS, THE MODEL BUILDING CODES. DEVELOPMENT OF A PRELIMINARY KEY WORD INDEX/THE ...

LIKE ENERGY, MANY BUILDING MATERIALS ARE NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES. FURTHER, THEY ARE BEING CONTINUALLY DEPLETED TO SUPPORT A GROWING WORLD POPULATION. WHEN BUILDINGS ARE DEMOLISHED TO ALLOW NEW CONSTRUCTION, MOST WRECKAGE WASTE BECOMES A DISPOSAL PROBLEM FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS DEMOLITION WASTE IS A POTENTIAL BUILDING MATERIALS RESOURCE IF PROPER REPROCESSING METHODS CAN BE INVENTED. THIS PROJECT ...

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF TWO FORMS OF TARGETED JOB CREATION BOTH OF WHICH EMPLOY TELECOMMUTER CONCEPTS. FUNDAMENTALLY, WE ARE SPEAKING OF F JOBS THAT CAN BE DONE FROM THE HOME USING A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER TERMINAL WITH APPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. THE TARGET GROUPS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE ON OR MORE OFTHE FOLLOWING: PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS ...

HCR PROPOSES A STUDY TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPINGA PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GUIDE ON THE SHARED AIDE SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DELIVERY OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES. THE PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED BY ANALYZING OUR CURRENT MANAGEMENT OF FOUR SHARED AIDE PACKAGES IN MONROE COUNTY, NEW YORK. IF OUR STUDY SHOWS THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO REPLICATE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE SHARED AIDE SYSTEM, WE WIL ...

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FEASIBILITY OF USING MICROPROCESSOR BASED PERSONAL TOKEN DEVICES INDUCTIVELY COUPLED FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION FLOW WILL BE STUDIED FOR TRANSIT FARE COLLECTION AND ACCOUNTING. A SIMPLE MICROPROCESSOR BASED USER TOKEN WILL BE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY TO TEST COUPLING AND SOFTWARE CONCEPTS. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE INTERFACES TO EXISTING TURNSTILE EQUIPMENT WILL BE STUDIED. RESEARCH ON APPROPRIATE RE ...

THE RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE CRITICAL YET FUNDAMENTAL CONTROL CENTER FUNCTIONS AT THE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE. THESE INTERFACES ARE EXAMINED AT A SELECTED SITE WITH RESPECT TO THE ALLOCATIONS OF TASKS TO MAN VERSUS COMPUTER USING A MAN MACHINE INTERFACE TEST BED FACILITY. THE RESEARCH IS PERTINENT TO BOTH NEW CONTROLS USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGIES AS WELL AS TO MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTI ...

URBAN SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, INC. (USR&E), IN COOPERATION WITH THE CENTER FOR MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, INC. ("CENTER"), PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A TOOL BY WHICH THE PERFORMANCE OF HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER AGENCIES MAY BE ASSESSED, OPPORTUNITIES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE IMPROVEMENT IDENTIFIED AND THE "BEST PRACTICES" OF PROVIDER AGENCIES DOCUMENTED FOR REPLICATION IN OTHER SETTINGS. BASED UPON CONSULTATI ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EXAMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIMITED TEACHER-AUTHORING USING INTERACTIVE LASER VIDEODISCS OPERATING WITH A MICROCOMPUTER TO TEACH EFL AT THE ENTRY LEVEL. THE APPLICATION WILL BE IN A PRE-EMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL CONTEXT, SIMILAR TO JOB CLUB ENVIRONMENTS. TEACHER-AUTHORING IN PHASE I WILL BE LIMITED TO POST-TREATMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. PHASE I EQUIPMENT WILL ...

COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) HAS YET TO KEEP ITS PROMISE. IT IS FREQUENTLY POORLY CONCEIVED, INADEQUATELY DEVELOPED, AND OFTEN IRRELEVANT TO REAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. WORSE, MOST COURSEWARE FAILS TO UTILIZE RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPUTER SIMULATION AND MODELING, AND GRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIES AND THUS, REMAINS ROOTED IN THE PAST. GIVEN THEIR POSITION ON THE FRON LINES OF EDUCATION, TEACHERS ARE AN IDE ...