"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…

Properties of different fibers, characteristics of different carpet constructions, glossary of terms, and more. (Author)

This instructional resource utilizes consumer product information by which students compare theoretical stoichiometric calculations to CO[subscript 2] car emissions and fuel consumption data. Representing graphically the emission of CO[subscript 2] versus consumption of fuel provides a tangible way of connecting concepts studied in chemistry…

An extensive body of research claims that labels facilitate categorisation, highlight the commonalities between objects and act as invitations to form categories for young infants before their first birthday. While this may indeed be a reasonable claim, we argue that it is not justified by the experiments described in the research. We report on a…

The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of attributes of clothing retailers' Internet websites in relation to previous and intended future purchase from the websites. Survey data from 414 U.S. college students, non-married and aged 18-22 with online clothing shopping experience and favorite clothing websites were used. Five clothing…

A sample of what is available in lighting equipment. (MLF)

Satisfactory carpet has to look good. Here are some tips from a school district with 1.2 million square feet of carpeting. (Author)

This publication describes a selected group of child-resistant closures used in packaging five categories of medicine and household products. The material in the document was collected to train survey personnel to identify closures for a planned household study of the effectiveness of child-resistant packaging. The 39 closures described are of…

A teacher in Iowa introduced computers and a video game that teaches typing skills into her typing classroom. The game is successfully helping students master typing skills. (MD)

42 models are described. (JW)

Twenty two 1/2 inch models and two 1/4 inch models are described. (JW)

Provides tips for interpreting each column in the chart, which lists the features, intended uses, typical system prices, storage capacities, operating systems, programing languages available, interface devices, and manufacturer's or distributor's addresses for home and business microcomputer systems priced under $6,000. (JL)