RAND: Science and Technology: Documents Available Online 2009-11-17T13:58:00Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:788566BC-41D4-11DB-B9BC-CE1F1D4D57CE Health and Medical Research in Spain: Health Research Observatory urn:uuid:7EE4A90C-E176-11DD-8DBF-8B0139788F35 2009-01-20T15:13:00Z 2009-05-22T12:24:49Z This report provides an overview of health and medical research in Spain. It describes the Structure, the Processes and Performance of Spain's Health Research System and an Outlook which considers current and emerging health research issues in Spain. Federal Financial Incentives to Induce Early Experience Producing Unconventional Liquid Fuels urn:uuid:11BCF82A-CA29-11DD-8722-0C0F39788F35 2009-01-14T09:11:00Z 2009-01-14T09:13:00Z The government may seek to induce a private investor to build and operate an unconventional-oil production plant to get early experience with such plants. The authors offer a way to design and assess policy-instrument packages to help it do so. RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2008 urn:uuid:48BAEC6E-CC6E-11DD-B472-0C0F39788F35 2009-01-05T14:48:00Z 2009-03-03T10:05:16Z The cover story offers 12 suggestions for the new U.S. president; other pieces discuss education and health in China and India, health policy models, the U.S. Postal Service mailbox monopoly, a green U.S. Army, and political reform in the Arab world. Assessing a Coal-to-Liquids Fuel Industry in the United States urn:uuid:21CF4D8E-C070-11DD-9BDD-E7D738788F35 2008-12-10T00:02:00Z 2009-01-14T09:12:00Z Government actions to gain early experience in producing liquid fuels from coal offer major energy security benefits but also raise important economic governance, and environmental issues. Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal: Prospects and Policy Issues urn:uuid:9C608FE4-B7CF-11DD-B95A-51C038788F35 2008-12-10T00:01:00Z 2009-01-14T09:12:00Z Government actions to gain early experience in producing liquid fuels from coal offer major energy security benefits but also raise important economic, governance, and environmental issues, as addressed in this book. Alternative Fossil-Based Transportation Fuels: Economic Benefits and Environmental Concerns urn:uuid:ADCF71C4-BA2B-11DD-9D2F-51C038788F35 2008-12-09T10:29:00Z 2008-12-09T10:45:00Z Alternative fuels derived from oil sands and from coal liquefaction can cost-effectively diversify fuel supplies, but neither type significantly reduces U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions enough to arrest long-term climate change. RAND and the Information Evolution: A History in Essays and Vignettes urn:uuid:872E95F8-B63A-11DD-BFA4-4DC038788F35 2008-11-26T13:24:00Z 2009-08-06T15:26:02Z This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical calculators, and analog computers. Cybersecurity Economic Issues: Corporate Approaches and Challenges to Decisionmaking urn:uuid:87CA18CA-B63A-11DD-BFA4-4DC038788F35 2008-11-26T10:32:00Z 2008-11-26T13:49:33Z This research brief addresses key cybersecurity concerns, such as protecting critical products and services and ensuring that software will work. It identifies how organizations perceive the importance of cybersecurity in making investment decisions. Between politics and clinics -- the many faces of biomedical policy in Europe: Analysis of drivers and outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies policy -- Volume I: Synthesis report urn:uuid:8721AA3A-B56A-11DD-AC8C-4DC038788F35 2008-11-24T10:11:00Z 2009-05-22T12:24:49Z A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK. Between politics and clinics -- the many faces of biomedical policy in Europe: Analysis of drivers and outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technologies policy -- Volume II: Three country case studies urn:uuid:879E9F36-B56A-11DD-AC8C-4DC038788F35 2008-11-24T10:11:00Z 2009-05-22T12:24:49Z A policy analysis of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (e.g. IVF, ICSI) regulation, funding, and health consequences in France, Italy and the UK. Improving Cost-Effectiveness and Mitigating Risks of Renewable Energy Requirements urn:uuid:C4573560-99E4-11DD-9710-58C038788F35 2008-10-22T15:15:00Z 2008-10-27T11:11:29Z Assesses the social welfare implications of a policy of requiring 25% of electricity and motor vehicle transportation fuels supplied to U.S. consumers to come from renewable energy sources, such as wind power and ethanol, by 2025. Embracing the future: Embedding digital repositories in the University of London urn:uuid:07648C6A-963C-11DD-9A75-59C038788F35 2008-10-20T11:22:00Z 2009-05-31T23:11:27Z Assesses the current awareness and attitudes of stakeholders in three case study institutions of higher education regarding digital repositories for their intellectual assets. Identity Crisis: An Examination of the Costs and Benefits of a Unique Patient Identifier for the U.S. Health Care System urn:uuid:7A3648A8-8A4F-11DD-8069-58C038788F35 2008-10-14T08:02:00Z 2008-10-20T10:37:15Z This monograph examines the operational advantages and disadvantages, compares the errors, examines the costs, and discusses the privacy issues associated with the unique patient identifier and with statistical matching based on personal attributes. Identity Crisis?: Approaches to Patient Identification in a National Health Information Network urn:uuid:E5B0E2CE-96F1-11DD-A73A-58C038788F35 2008-10-14T08:02:00Z 2008-10-15T07:41:24Z This research brief summarizes an analysis and comparison of two methods of patient identification -- statistical matching and unique patient identifier -- on error rates, operational efficiency, costs, and privacy and security issues. Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs urn:uuid:4B98BA50-8976-11DD-BB75-58C038788F35 2008-10-08T09:00:00Z 2008-12-09T10:29:00Z RAND researchers assess potential future production levels and costs, greenhouse gases, and other environmental implications of fuels derived from oil sands and via coal liquefaction relative to conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels. Options for and Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation urn:uuid:7694F55A-863F-11DD-8F1A-58C038788F35 2008-09-26T10:16:00Z 2009-05-22T12:24:48Z Places these developments in the European policy context, considers existing varieties of arrangements, analyses the conditions for their success and failure, and derives impact assessment guidelines that take self- and co-regulation into account. Cybersecurity Economic Issues: Corporate Approaches and Challenges to Decisionmaking urn:uuid:CFB7E928-5825-11DD-A99A-0DC138788F35 2008-09-24T11:02:00Z 2008-12-03T09:04:23Z This research brief addresses key cybersecurity concerns, such as protecting critical products and services and ensuring that software will work. It identifies how organizations perceive the importance of cybersecurity in making investment decisions. The National Computer Security Survey (NCSS): Final Methodology urn:uuid:AE2BA5EA-863F-11DD-86B3-58C038788F35 2008-09-24T11:02:00Z 2008-11-26T13:51:42Z In 2006, RAND conducted the National Computer Security Survey (NCSS), the first nationally representative cybersecurity survey in the United States. This report documents the survey's methodology. Developing Resource-Informed Strategic Assessments and Recommendations urn:uuid:67246630-7B42-11DD-8D8E-58C038788F35 2008-09-22T09:48:00Z 2008-09-22T09:51:00Z A portfolio-analysis approach that deals explicitly with both uncertainty and differences of strategic perspective allows an integrated comparison of alternative strategies' effectiveness, risks, and resource implications. Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems urn:uuid:D217CF60-5A8E-11DD-95BF-59C038788F35 2008-08-25T09:43:00Z 2009-03-24T14:15:00Z Analyzes the reason for the comparatively high growth in the cost of space systems by means of an in-depth study of two systems: SBIRS-High and GPS.