Given the complex nature of the problems and the time and resources available, the committee did not attempt to prepare a definitive monograph on AIDS or to make explicit recommendations on all of the problems related to the disease. Rather, it identified the most crucial problems and suggests, when necessary, mechanisms for addressing them.
This book gives information that can be used even now. It examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and research problems arising from this epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.
As the American Museum of Natural History opens the doors to Genome, a major exhibition that examines the burgeoning field of genomics, curator Rob DeSalle leads readers on an exploration of what promises to be a brand new world.
With examples, insights, and practical criteria, this volume reviews the most popular approaches to organizational change--total quality management, reengineering, and downsizing--in terms of how they affect organizations and people, how performance improvements can be measured, and what questions remain to be answered by researchers.
Eager to Learn" presents a comprehensive, coherent picture of early childhood learning, along with a clear path toward improving this important stage in children's lives. New findings about the interplay of biology and environment, socioeconomic variations in learning, and the importance of health and nutrition are revealed.
For every opportunity presented by the information age, there is an opening to invade the privacy and threaten the security of the nation, U.S. businesses, and citizens in their private lives. Rival companies can glean proprietary secrets. Anti-U.S. terrorists can plot attacks. Network hackers can do anything from charging purchases on someone else's credit card to accessing military installations. What is the nature of business markets for cr...