A catalog of NASA special publications

A list of all of the special publications released by NASA are presented. The list includes scientific and technical books covering a wide variety of topics, including much of the agencies research and development work, its full range of space exploration programs, its work in advancing aeronautics technology, and many associated historical and managerial efforts. A total of 1200 titles are presented

Aerospace medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 177

This bibliography lists 112 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in January 1978

Sediment management for Southern California mountains, coastal plains and shoreline

The Environmental Quality Laboratory at Caltech and the Shore Processes Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography have jointly undertaken a study of regional sediment balance problems in coastal southern California (see map in Figure 1). The overall objective in this study is to define specific alternatives in sediment management that may be implemented to alleviate a) existing sediment imbalance problems (e.g. inland debris disposal, local shoreline erosion) and b) probable future problems that have not yet manifested themselves. These alternatives will be identified through a consideration of economic, legal, and institutional issues as well as an analysis of governing physical processes and engineering constraints. The first part of this study (Phase I), which is currently under way, involves a compilation and analysis of all available data in an effort to obtain an accurate definition of the inland/coastal regional sediment balance under natural conditions, and specific quantitative effects man-made controls have on the overall natural process. During FY77, substantial progress was made at EQL and SPL in achieving the objectives of the initial Planning and Assessment Phase of the CIT/SIO Sediment Management Project. Financial support came from Los Angeles County, U.S. Geological Survey, Orange County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and discretionary funding provided by a grant from the Ford Foundation. The current timetable for completion of this phase is Fall 1978. This report briefly describes the project status, including general administration, special activities, and research work as of January 1978

Ontology and Business: Creating Structure for Storing and Accessing Organizational Knowledge on Intranets

Storing organisational information on Intranets is fast becoming the norm for corporate information management, as is the provision of tools which assist locating, adding to and using organisational knowledge. The design of the storage layouts for these intranets, and the navigational principles by which the information can be found requires that the responsibility for creating and publishing information is considered, as well as the needs of others to access the information from within a variety of contexts. This article examines ways of uncovering the reality of organisational experience in order to create maps of organisational knowledge. These are derived from business process analysis to create a foundation for the design of intranets and knowledge management solutions