Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- The Importance of Diversity in Engineering -- Introduction -- Diversity Practices at CH2M HILL -- Diversity Practices at Motorola -- Diversity Practices at Consolidated Edison -- Question and Answer Session -- Recruitment, Retention,...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Chairman's Summary -- Freshwater Resources in the Yucatan Peninsula -- An Overview of Mexico's Water Regime and the Role of Groundwater -- A Primer on Groundwater Management -- The Elements of Scientific Advice -- Where do Decision-Makers...

Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contents -- Introduction -- OVERVIEW -- Databases and Methods of Data Enhancement -- Model Design -- Computing Technology -- Model Evaluation -- Model Documentation -- MODELS -- Dynamic Simulation of Income Model 2...

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgment of Review Participants -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History and Status of the U.S. Road System -- 3 Effects of Roads on Ecological Conditions -- 4 Ameliorating the Effects of Roads -- 5 Legal Context for Planning and...

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Report of the Panel on the Network Systems and Communications Industry -- 3 Report of the Panel on the Medical Devices and Equipment Industry -- 4 Report of the Panel on the Aerospace Industry -- 5...

The Ecology of Industry -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES -- PRIMARY MATERIALS PROCESSING -- MANUFACTURING -- ELECTRIC UNTILITIES -- PULP AND PAPER -- Contents -- Overview and Perspectives -- FIRM MOTIVATION AND EXTERNAL STIMULI -- THE TECHNOLOGICAL LINK IN...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- The Industrial Green Game: Overview and Perspectives -- Closing the Loop on Waste Materials -- Metrics, Systems, and Technological Choices -- Energetic Concepts Drawn from Electricity Production and Consumption -- The Functional Economy: Cultural and...

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction--Cohen and Merrill -- Patent Quality -- Are All Patent Examiners Equal? Examiners, Patent Characteristics, and Litigation Outcomes--Cockburn, Kortum, and Stern -- Patent Examination Procedures and Patent Quality--King -- Patent Quality Control:...

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Current Surveys: Challenges and Opportunities -- 3 Improving the Current System in the Short Term -- 4 Toward a New Data Reporting System Based on Administrative Records -- 5 Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- I INTRODUCTION -- Introduction: Research Parks in the 21st Century -- II PROCEEDINGS -- Welcome--Charles Wessner -- Keynote Address I--Jeff Bingaman -- Keynote Address II--C. D. Mote, Jr. -- Panel I: Leading Asian Models of S&T Parks -- Panel II: North...