Discussed are past work and recent advances in the use of electron microscopes for viewing structures immersed in gas and liquid. Improved environmental chambers make it possible to examine wet specimens easily. (Author/RH)

The occupational safety and health standards adopted for fourteen carcinogens are specified and discussed. Standards on benzidine and beta - propiolactone are reprinted in full as examples. (DT)

The National Fire Protection Association has proposed national standards dealing with laboratory operations, ventilation, chemical handling and storage, compressed gases, fire prevention, and emergency procedures. The standards are likely to be used as guidelines by insurance companies, and governmental agencies that award grants and contracts for…

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE OPERATION AND PLANNED APPLICATIONS OF A COMPUTER ASSISTED LABORATORY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH. THE LAB CENTERS AROUND AN 8K PDP-7 COMPUTER AND ITS SPECIAL PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT. SPECIAL DEVICES INCLUDE RANDOM ACCESS AUDIO AND VIDEO, GRAPHICAL INPUT, AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE AND BLOCK-MANIPULATION INPUTS. THE SYSTEM MAY BE…

THIS PAPER WHICH WAS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON THE PLANNING AND OPERATING OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES DISCUSSES THE EQUIPMENT CONTENT OF THE LANGUAGE LABORATORY. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF MECHANICO-ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WERE GIVEN UNDER THREE HEADINGS--(1) STIMULUS GEAR, COMPONENTS THAT PRESENT AUDITORY AND VISUAL MATERIALS, (2) RESPONSE…

The purpose of the manual is to provide the medical assisting student a text which presents the common laboratory procedures in use today in physician's offices. The procedures for performing a complete urinalysis are outlined, along with those for carrying out various hematological tests. Information is also presented to help the student learn to…

The laboratory phase of a materials course at the General Motors Institute is described. In the first six weeks of the laboratory, each student works individually to learn laboratory techniques; in the last six weeks the students work in teams of two on a project. The students are responsible for writing a project proposal and a project…

References pertaining to science facilities are organized and presented in the following categories--(1) biology facilities, (2) chemistry facilities, (3) physics facilities, (4) astronomy facilities, (5) elementary and secondary school science facilities, (6) college and university science facilities, and (7) planning and science laboratory. (FS)

This specification covers the components of electronic and electromechanical equipment, nonelectronic materials for the teacher-student positions, and other items of a miscellaneous nature to provide for a complete and workable language laboratory facility. Language laboratory facilities covered by this specification are of two types: (1)…

The present volume was compiled by the AAPT Committee on Apparatus for Educational Institutions and by the AAPT-AIP Center for Education Apparatus in Physics to assist physics departments in the never-ending task of keeping their undergraduate laboratories up to date. The purpose of the book is to put before physics teachers for their…

Since many acts of aggression in society are more than simply an aggressor-victim encounter, the role played by third person instigated aggression also needs examination. The purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory procedure to systematically investigate instigation. In a competitive reaction time task, high and low Machiavellian Males…

This document on the undergraduate laboratory biology course is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 deals with the role of investigation in the undergraduate curricula. Chapters in this section deal with the time for laboratory reform; some special considerations in designing laboratory programs for nonmajors; the appropriate laboratory experiences for…

Discusses new safety standards imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the areas of both school and industrial chemistry laboratories. (MLH)

A massive concrete "waffle," riding on a bed of specially treated gravel and sand inside another building, provides the structural rigidity needed by the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. (Author)