The purpose of this conference was to consider ways of developing a system of improved information services for the mathematical sciences and for the interfaces with related scientific fields. Conference memebrs investigated the achievements, coverage, and technology of existing information services and systems in the fields of engineering,…

This report is presented in four parts: (1) Research Results and Their Application; (2) Manpower, Training and Public Involvements; (3) OWRR Activities; (4) Highlight Reports by the 51 State Institute Directors. Part 1 reviews the results expected to be forthcoming through projects financed during the Calendar Year 1969. This section focuses on 12…

Idaho's annual evaluation report relating to migrant programs funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (fiscal year 1968, school year 1967-68) is presented. Included in the document are descriptions of innovative programs and information on number of children served, objective and subjective measurements of migrant child…

Included are the proceedings of the first Congress on Environmental Health. Topics related to air pollution include the extent of human exposure, its relation to disease, evaluating effects clinically, community control and the physician's role. Topics related to pesticides include treatment of poisonings, occurrence of poisonings, safe usage, and…

Included are 20 papers presented at the second AMA Congress on Environmental Health Problems. The papers have been grouped into these broad subject categories. One group relates to physical and chemical changes, living cells, mental health, and human physiology. The second category relates to tuberculosis, venereal disease, respiratory disease,…

This is a report of the Conference on Universities, National Laboratories, and Man's Environment. The conference was sponsored by the Argonne Universities Association (AUA), a consortium of 30 universities. Reports and discussions of the following three sessions are presented: Universities and National Laboratories Together Must Help Solve…

The Conference report reviewed the status of man's environment and drafted guidelines for state education agencies to use for developing state programs related to environmental education. The six featured speakers and topics were: Kessler Cannon--"Report of the Governor's Committee on Natural Resources;" Dr. Harry…

This report describes activities and presents working-group reports and resolutions from a seminar on environmental education conducted June 20 to July 11, 1970 at Foresta Institute, Carson City, Nevada. Attended by representatives from 14 countries, the seminar had the following aims: 1) to bring together specialists responsible for curricula…

To study the problems of developing a useful conceptual framework for utilizing workers in the field of social welfare who received training at less than the highest professional level, four 2-day symposium sessions were held during the fall of 1968, Approximately 13 participants, predominanatly social workers and representatives from the fields…

This report summarizes the background data, proceedings, conclusions and recommendations of a conference on the role of the liberal arts colleges in the education of chemists. The conference considered the relative advantages of undergraduate education in chemistry at liberal arts colleges and universities. The role of the colleges in contemporary…

Included in the proceedings of the study institute on Improving Music Experiences for Emotionally Handicapped Children in Public School Programs are statements of greeting (Charles Matkowski, Harvey Granite), an overview by Donald Hayden, and the key note address by Mrs. Theresa Goodell. From the second session are included statements from three…

The primary purpose of the Conference was to emphasize the value of technical information to leaders of British industries by relating the use of technical information to economic development, showing that there are weaknesses in the collection and use of technical information, trying to cost these failings, and indicating some of the remedial…

Principles and philosophies projected by leading authorities in the park, recreation, and conservation fields are reflected in this conference report. The conference focused on today's peak-performance demands using the theme "Excellence." The report consists of 90 summaries of speeches and presentations on a variety of topics including community…

A collection of ten papers selected from those presented at the CEC Northwest Regional Conference (Vancouver, British Columbia, October 21-24, 1970) consider teaching strategies, methods, and instructional materials in special education. An optometrist's view of perceptual training for children with learning problems; developmental vision and…

A planning conference, held in Chicago in 1968, sought to consider purposes and goals of a proposed research review in the area of personality, emotion, and motivation, and to provide guidelines for a conceptualization of the domain. The present outline accepts as a frame of reference the conceptualization of behavior as a function of inherited…