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SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) Report

Books on: scans

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From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study

Book by Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Alessandra Piontelli; Tavistock/Routledge, 1992

Subjects:

Child Analysis--Case Studies, Child Psychology--Longitudinal Studies, Fetal Behavior--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...Symptoms and Anxiety The use of ultrasonic scans in pregnancy makes it possible to observe...of twins) in the womb using ultrasound scans, and then observed their development at...of twins) in the womb using ultrasound scans, and she then observes their development...
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Workforce Readiness: Competencies and Assessment

Book by Harold F. O'Neil Jr.; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

Subjects:

Educational Tests And Measurements--United States, School-To-Work Transition--United States, Workplace Literacy--United States--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...4. Validation of SCANS Competencies by a National Job Analysis...Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills SCANS; U.S. Department of Labor, 1992 . This...workplace. Competencies were defined by SCANS as part of "workplace know-how" U.S...
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Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education: In Quest of a U.S. Democratic Politics of Literacy

Book by George Demetrion; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

Subjects:

Adult Education And State--United States, Functional Literacy--Government Policy--United States, Progressive Education--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The book provides an historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present. The main focus is an analysis of three distinctive schools of literacy: the Freirean-based participatory literacy movement grounded in oppositional politics and ...
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The book provides an historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present. The main focus is an analysis of three distinctive schools of literacy: the Freirean-based participatory literacy movement grounded in oppositional politics and community activism; the British-based New Literacy Studies that focuses on the ways in which students utilise various literacy practices in their daily lives; and the US federal government's focus on functional literacy.
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Schizophrenia and Manic-Depressive Disorder: The Biological Roots of Mental Illness as Revealed by the Landmark Study of Identical Twins

Book by E. Fuller Torrey; Basic Books, 1994

Subjects:

Diseases In Twins, Manic-Depressive Illness, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia--Genetic Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The author of the classic Surviving Schizophrenia and his colleagues present an important contribution to the ongoing debate on the origins of mental illness. Illustrations.
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America's Future Work Force: A Health and Education Policy Issues Handbook

Book by Carl W. Stenberg, William G. Colman; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Education And State--United States, Manpower Policy--United States, Medical Policy--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad. Carl Stenberg and William Colman analyze the key issues; review a mass of information, ideas ...
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This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad. Carl Stenberg and William Colman analyze the key issues; review a mass of information, ideas, and insights about policy options that are available; and assess their pros and cons. Students, teachers, administrators, policymakers, and concerned citizens will find a wealth of clearly presented data along with careful analyses of the major proposals for reform. Figures, tables, short summaries, appendices, bibliographical aids, and a full index make this one-volume landmark reference accessible to researchers and readers at different levels and for varied use.
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Journal Articles on: scans

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It Prints! It Faxes! It Scans! and It Even Gathers Data and Scores Tests. A State-of-the-Art Multifunction Publishing System Combines the Work of Several Devices into a Single Unit, Creating Dramatic Savings in Paper Use and Personnel Time

Journal article by Linda L. Briggs; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 33, 2006

Subjects:

Information storage and retrieval systems--Forecasts and trends, Information storage and retrieval systems--Usage, Optical scanners--Usage, Scanning devices--Usage, School districts--Information management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

It Prints! It Faxes! It Scans! and It Even Gathers Data and Scores Tests. A State-of-the-Art Multifunction Publishing System Combines the Work of Several Devices...
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Body Scans: Getting the Best Fit and Function; Susan Ashdown's Body-Scanning Technology Is Positioning the Industry to Design Better-Fitting Apparel for Larger Consumers and More Functional Clothing for Police Officers, Pesticide Applicators, and Even Astronauts

Journal article by Roger Segelken; Human Ecology, Vol. 33, 2005

Subjects:

Anthropometry--Research, Ashdown, Susan--Research, Clothing industry--Technology application, Optical scanners--Usage, Scanning devices--Usage

Collections: Entire Library

Body Scans: Getting the Best Fit and Function; Susan...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED "Anthropometric 3-D body scans take 12 seconds and produce about 300,000...technology her laboratory helps to advance. "Scans of hundreds of people of various sizes, shapes...
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Carcinogenic Diagnosis

Journal article by Adriane Fugh-Berman; The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, 2006

Subjects:

CAT scans--Complications and side effects, CT imaging--Complications and side effects, Cancer--Risk factors

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...times a day in the United States. (1) CT scans use multiple x-rays to create three-dimensional...from this exposure. (2) Sixty million CT scans a year will thus cause cancer in thousands...this. The cancer-causing effects of CT scans are routinely discussed in the medical...
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Let Students Do the Work

Journal article by Martha E. Kendall; College Teaching, Vol. 47, 1999

Subjects:

College Teaching

Collections: Entire Library

...Voc-Ed" job training. Now simply dubbed "SCANS" (the acronym for The Secretarys Commission...Commission 1991). Who Needs Training in SCANS? At the first workshop I attended about SCANS, after the skills were enumerated, Martha...
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Let Students Do the Work

Journal article by Martha E. Kendall; College Teaching, Vol. 47, 1999

Subjects:

Classrooms--Management, Life skills--Study and teaching, Universities and colleges--Curricula

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...specific "Voc-Ed" job training. Now simply dubbed "SCANS" (the acronym for The Secretarys Commission...Secretarys Commission 1991). Who Needs Training in SCANS? At the first workshop I attended about SCANS, after the skills were enumerated, I was not...

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Magazine Articles on: scans

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Database Matches Disease CT Scans

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, February 2000

Subjects:

CAT scans--Technology application, CT imaging--Technology application, Diagnostic imaging--Technology application

Collections: Entire Library

Database Matches Disease CT Scans. Engineers at Purdue University, West Lafayette...to aid in disease diagnosis by matching a patients CT scans with images in a large database of scans from previous patients. Because the images have been...
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Full-Body CT Scans: What You Need to Know

Magazine article by Carol Lewis; FDA Consumer, Vol. 35, November 2001

Subjects:

CAT scans--Health aspects, CT imaging--Health aspects, Tomography--Health aspects, X-rays--Health aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Full-Body CT Scans: What You Need to Know. by Carol...for health-conscious people: full-body CT scans--high-tech computerized X-rays that promise...studies have been done to support using CT scans for screening people without symptoms...
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Scans of Gulf War Veterans Show Damage

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 129, October 2000

Subjects:

Brain chemistry--Research, Health care industry--Research, Nuclear magnetic resonance--Usage, Persian Gulf War veterans--Research, University of Texas (Dallas) Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)--Research

Collections: Entire Library

Scans of Gulf War Veterans Show Damage. Brain scans of veterans who returned sick from the Gulf War show evidence...magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy--highly specialized scans that measure chemical levels inside the brain--they found...
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Holographic Imaging Scans for Trouble.

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, April 2003

Subjects:

Airport security--Technology application, Holographic interferometry--Usage, United States. Department of Energy--Technology application, Weapons--Discovery and exploration, Weapons--Technology application

Collections: Entire Library

Holographic Imaging Scans for Trouble. . A holographic imaging system that is designed to identify rapidly hidden weapons, explosives, and other contraband...
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Modern Diagnostics Help Detect Cancer Early

Magazine article by Stephen J. Ackerman; FDA Consumer, Vol. 24, December 1990

Subjects:

CAT scans, CT imaging, Cancer diagnosis--Diagnosis, Cancer--Diagnosis, Self examination (Medical)--Methods, Self-examination, Medical--Methods

Collections: Entire Library

...cancer. CAT (computed axial tomography) scans, which provide three-dimensional images...However, for definitive diagnosis, the CAT scans usefulness is limited. A scan shows the...the "new biotechnology" supplement CAT scans, indicating the nature of any abnormalities...

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Newspaper Articles on: scans

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Inquiry after CT Scans Are Linked to Cancer Risk

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 21, 2006

Subjects:

CAT scans--Health aspects, CT imaging--Health aspects, Cancer--Health aspects, Cancer--Risk factors, Diagnostic imaging--Health aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Inquiry after CT Scans Are Linked to Cancer Risk. Byline...been ordered into the safety of medical scans carried out on more than 100,000 patients...examining the practice of preventative scans - which use very high doses of radiation...
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Can Any Mother REALLY Trust Her Baby Scans? Birth Lottery: Mark and Cora Regan with Their Daughter Charlotte

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 19, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Can Any Mother REALLY Trust Her Baby Scans? Birth Lottery: Mark and Cora Regan with...Regan knew the benefits ofhaving ultrasound scans to check the health of a baby in the womb...first child, she had the tworecommended scans at around 12 and 20 weeks and also several...
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New Twist in Row over MRI Scans

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 7, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

New Twist in Row over MRI Scans. Byline: By JAMES McCARTHY james...PATIENTS in Coventry are waiting for MRI scans to be read as far away as South Africa...employing a private company to do the scans and then send them abroad for diagnosis...
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Gym Suspends 'Misleading' Heat Scans for Breast Cancer; Warning: Professor Kefah Mokbel Says Thermal Imaging Is Not Specific Enough to Find Cancers

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 20, 2007

Subjects:

Breast cancer

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Gym Suspends Misleading Heat Scans for Breast Cancer; Warning: Professor...been offering "misleading" breast cancer scans has beenforced to suspend the service...doctors told the Evening Standard that the scans, which are alsooffered at many private...
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Gym's 'Useless' Cancer Scans

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 21, 2007

Subjects:

Cancer, Target marketing

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Gyms Useless Cancer Scans. A GYM chain that offered women breast cancer scans has axed them, afterdoctors claimed the service was misleading. The scans, on offer at LA Fitness, create heat maps of breasts and are said tolocate tumours up to...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: scans

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Diagnosis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...clinical diagnosis is based on the medical history and physical examination of the patient: it may be confirmed with X-Rays, CAT Scans (Computerized Axial Tomography), MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), and other laboratory tests. Diagnosis by physical examination...
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Dyslexia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...write effectively, although they tend to show above average intelligence in other areas. With the aid of computerized brain scans such as positron emission tomography (PET), recent studies have offered strong evidence that dyslexia is located in the brain...
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Pet Scan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...gamma radiation produced when positrons (positively charged particles) emitted by the tracer collide with electrons. PET scans are especially valuable in imaging the brain. They are used in medicine to diagnose brain tumors and strokes, and to locate...
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Laser Printer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as is used in xerography ), a laser printer uses data sent from a computer to turn a laser beam on and off rapidly as it scans a charged drum. The drum then attracts toner powder to the areas not exposed to the light. Finally, the toner is fused to paper...
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Stuttering

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...has been found that identical twins were much more likely to be stutterers than fraternal twins (see multiple birth ). Brain scans of stutterers have found higher than normal activity in brain areas that coordinate conscious movement, suggesting that in people...

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