Electricity as an energy source, coupled with a heat recovery system, has been selected for a middle school in New Jersey. (Author/MLF)

Article emphasizes the uses of a low-cost closed-circuit television system (CCTV), the equipment and operation involved and how you can create such a system with limited funds. (Author)

Describes how to save money when designing AV facilities; excellent viewing from all seats is achieved by applying certain basic principles to the design of the room and the selection of the equipment. (Author/MLF)

Focusing on various issues related to rapidly rising health care costs, and the dilemmas these pose for health care professionals these proceedings include the following papers: (1) "A Federal Perspective: Nursing under Prospective Payment," by Carolyne K. Davis; (2) "Providers' Panel: Facing the Issues," by Connie Curran,…

In response to a request by Senator John Melcher of the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed legislative proposals designed to protect Medicare enrollees from the financial hardships that often accompany catastrophic illness. The GAO originally examined six legislative proposals introduced…

Mobile satellite (MSAT) technology is the basis for a new component of the telecommunications industry capable of providing services to small inexpensive subscriber terminals located almost any place in the world. The market for MSAT space segment capacity (bandwidth and power) is a natural monopoly that can be logically and technically…

Data for the years 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1984 are used to identify the principal features of irrigated farming in the United States and to assess the importance of irrigation to the farm economy. Irrigation of U.S. acreage declined 5.6 million acres between 1978 and 1984 to 44.7 million acres. In 1982 irrigated acreage represented 6 percent of the…

Cost analysis involves breaking down operating costs of a school district and allocating those costs to the appropriate unit of analysis so various comparisons can be made and used by school boards in making decisions about whether to continue certain programs or whether to close or consolidate school buildings. A cost analysis does not provide…

The more critical the decision, the less useful a cost-benefit analysis is to library decision makers. (Author)

Brief notes discuss new developments such as paper recycling projects; college faculty salary raises; use of school surplus space; and cost control measures. (JF)

Lightweight air supported fabric roofs over stadiums in Pontiac, Michigan, and at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls will be the largest air supported structures to date. (Author/EA)

A step-by-step procedure for analyzing and recycling buildings guaranteed to result in old buildings meeting new needs. (Author/MLF)

Recent developments made preengineered buildings attractive -- both aesthetically and from a cost standpoint. (Author)

Proposes a system of evaluating information retrieval systems. (PF)