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... o in the future. Other The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). This research was conducted under the auspices of the Forces and ... Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community. Nelson Lim served as the prin- cipal investigator. Comments are welcome and ... within, DoD’s top leadership is dependent upon the pipeline of junior ocers. Looking at this pipeline, they found no prospect for an increase in the representation of minorities or women in the...

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... disregard of the increased utility of precoordinated strings of subject terms, and catalog browse displays of them The problem with any discussion of such issues lies in the complexity of their interrelationships. ... larger intellectual framework for the whole profession– the shape of the whole elephant,” of which cataloging and classification are the legs and the tusks. I will present the outline first, then ... subject classes in the book stacks will be browsing in whole books on the topic of interest–not merely in snippets of text having the right words in the wrong contexts. 11 Cataloging and classification,...

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... astounding conclusions. In the course of Parallel Worlds, we review the history of cosmology, stressing the paradoxes that have infested the field for centuries, culminating in the theory of in ation, ... dogma and superstition. The first revolution in cosmology was ushered in by the intro- duction of the telescope in the 1600s. With the aid of the telescope, Galileo Galilei, building on the work of ... 73 percent of the matter and energy in the universe is accelerating the expansion of the universe, push- ing the galaxies apart at ever increasing speeds. The universe is be- having like a driver...

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... principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. ... services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National ... yield the cell types of the tissue of origin. Sources of adult stem cells include bone marrow, blood, the eye, brain, skeletal muscle, dental pulp, liver, skin, the lining of the gastrointestinal...

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... Ingredients: Toxins and Waste In the central plains of China’s Henan Province, local residents grew suspicious of trucks that routinely pulled in behind the play- ground of their primary school and dumped ... skeptical minds.”— David Owen, author of Green Metropolis “Think the answer to global warming lies in solar panels, wind turbines, and biofuels? Think again. . . . In this thought-provoking and deeply ... to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is twenty-five thousand times more threaten- ing. 31 The solar photovoltaic industry is one of the leading and fastest growing emitters of these...

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... system, in which other adults and young in the group assist with the feeding of the breeding female and the chicks. The nest is situated in natural holes in logged or unlogged forest, and like other ... eliminates du- plication of data and information, and enhances effi ciency in terms of infor- mation and data handling. Key aspects of the approach include a coordination mechanism between the ... in 2005 noted that the “degradation and loss of wetlands (both inland and coastal) is continuing more rapidly than for other ecosystems”. The problem continues since economic development and...

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... THE FUTURE OF AMERICA Our vision for strengthening these institutions so that they may re- main dynamic assets over the coming decades involves both increasing their productivity and ensuring their ... Taiwan and South Korea, now China and India—took the profits and reinvested them in the innovation capacity— including educational and research infrastructure—that will allow them to advance further. 10 ã ... 33 many. 14 They include the assets outlined at the beginning of this chapter. Models for understanding the role of scientific research and technological innovation more specifically and indexes...

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... that explains the evolution in the value of life and its relation with health spending. They calculate the marginal cost of saving a life at diÔerent ages and over time in the US, and nd that ... prevention of stroke and the corresponding rates of utilization in the US and Canada. They show that utilization rates increased dramatically between 1989 and 1995 following the publication of two inuential clinical ... varying the number of lags included in the ADF regression. 13 resources and utilization, health spending and …nancing. Drawing from this data, we incorporate in the regression a number of variables...

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... transforms of the originals) to the im- plant, which in turn feeds them into the nerve bundles running between Warwick’s hand and brain. The choice of nerve bundles in the arm as interface point is ... badge, worn inside the arm. My sense is that as the bioelectronic interface grows in complexity and moves inward, deeper into the brain and farther from the periphery of skin, bone, and sense organs, ... moreover, working and thinking on the crest of two major waves of innovative research: work in computing and electronic data-processing, 3 and work on cybernetics 4 the science of control and communication...

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... Amazon Copyrightâ2009byMartinR.Ford AllRightsReserved, includingtherightofreproduction inwholeorinpartinanyform. PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyAcculantPublishing. LibraryofCongressCataloging -in- PublicationData Ford,MartinR. TheLightsintheTunnel:Automation,AcceleratingTechnologyand theEconomyoftheFuture/MartinFord p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences ISBN-101-4486-5981-7 ISBN-13978-1-4486-5981-4 1.EconomicsFutureTrends2.EconomicsImpactofAdvanced Technologyon3.ArtificialIntelligenceandRobotics4.Computer TechnologyandCivilization5.TechnologicalUnemploymentI.Title This ... The 2008-2009 Recession 110 Offshoring and Factory Migration 113 Reconsidering Conventional Views about the Future 115 The China Fallacy 117 The Future of Manufacturing 124 India and Offshoring ... ob- viouslydon’tcaterdirectlyto the globalmassmarket,theyarenone- thelessintegratedinto the activitythatoccurs in the tunnel, and they are heavily impacted by the overall health and vitality of the mass market. THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL...

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... our DNAmolecule and identifyingeachgenetookatremend- ousamount of computationalresources, and gridcompu- tingplayedasignificantrole in this. The geneticinformationobtainedthrough the project isstored in databases and canbeaccessedbyscientists and researchersvia the Internet. The resultisafantasticsource of knowledgethatcontinuestobeanalyzed and whichis certain to result in innumerable future advances in the fields of genetics,bio-engineering and medicine. An especially interestingdevelopment in the field of gridcomputingis the ideathatunusedpoweronvirtually anycomputerconnectedto the Internetcanbeintegrated intoavoluntarygrid and deployedtosolvebigproblems. Mostcomputers,iflefton,donothingatallduringlarge blocks of time,especiallyovernight. The ideatotiethese computerstogetherbyhavingtheirownersdonateunused computingpowerhassprungup in anumber of places. Stanford ... of the tunnel walls are growingdark.Nowweseethatmany of the verybrightest lights in the tunnelfinallyfeel the impact and alsobeginto losetheirlight. The owners of the businesses in the tunnel areseeingmuch of theirwealthgraduallydrainaway. The ... you took them toa card reader machine. Youfed the stack of cardsinto the machine and yourpro- gramwasenteredintoalongline of otherprogramswait- ingfor the attention of the computer. After...

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... drink coffeeatStarbucks. In terms of unitdemandformoderate- lypricedpersonalproductslikecellphonesormp3play- ers,acashiermaycountasmuchasacorporateCEO. Many of the jobslisted in the tablearealready in the process of being automated oroffshored.Otherswillbe targeted in the verynear future. Millions of otherworkers in occupations that ... cash drawer. Ifyouwere in one of the lanesfurtherout,however, thingswerefarmoreinteresting.Yousealedyourmoney, paperwork,checkbook,etc.intoaplasticcylinder and then dropped the cylinder into the providedopening. The cy- linder then traveled through an underground tube— propelled I think by some sort of ... voice-automation technology. ” 19  Thisisone of the reasonsthatIdidnotincludeoff- shoring in ourtunnelsimulation.Wecouldhavesimulated anoffshoredjobasanaveragelightflickeringout in one part of the tunnel and then...

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... this process is in collecting, copying, collating and faxing in- formation. The intellectualportion of the job—eitherap- provingordenying the loan—isprobablyalreadyessential- lyhandledbyacomputer.Throughout the economy,there   * Formoreonrobotics and itspotentialimpactonemployment and on ... businesses over the Internet.UsingXML, the computersatamanu- facturingcompanycantalkdirectlyto the computersbe- longingto the company’ssuppliers. The continuingdrive towardpaperlessdocuments and seamlesscommunication islikelytoeliminatemany of thesehumaninterfacejobs in the comingyears. The Next “Killer App” Since the beginnings of the personal computer industry, computerhardwaresaleshaveoftenbeendrivenbyapar- ticularsoftwareapplicationsocompellingthatithasmoti- vatedcustomerstopurchase the machinerequiredtorun it.When the AppleIIwasintroduced in 1977,it ... 2003, automationwascausingsignificantjobloss in Brazil,India and China. Wecannotsuccumbto the temptationtoassumethat the risingmiddle classes in China and India aregoingto solve the demandproblem....

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