News For Your Information A proposed position paper on SI quantities and units is now available from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). The paper outlines the development and implementation of the SI system for the U.S., and is being recommended for review by the clinical laboratory and medical community, whose members are encouraged to comment through a consensus process. Copies of the paper, called "Proposed Position Paper PPC-11—Quantities and Units SI", are available at $9.00 per copy plus $1.00 additional per copy for out-of-U.S. orders. NCCLS requests a check or money order in advance. Address communications to NCCLS, 771 E. Lancaster Ave., Villanova, Pa. 19085. Product Resources International, Inc. (PRI), 90 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016, 212-682-2966, together with IMS International, Inc., is initiating a search for inventions and innovations in the health care field for a group of companies interested in licensing or purchasing new technology. Leslie Lieber of PRI writes, "Our assignment from the health care industry is to bridge the traditional communications gap between professionals who speak science and corporate decision-makers who speak marketing." The National Science Foundation has released a booklet entitled "Projections of Science and Engineering Doctorate Supply and Utilization, 1982 and 1987." The booklet includes information relating to the projected supply of science and engineering doctorates, the utilization of these scientists and engineers in 1977, and projections of their utilization in 1982 and 1987. The balance between supply and demand is projected for those years, and a summary of projection methods and assumptions is given. The booklet, stock number 038-000-00414-0, can be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The price is $2.25. A Dispense Systems Planning Department has been announced by Tridak Division of Indicon, Inc. This group will custom-design, develop, and fabricate special precision fluid dispensing systems which integrate standard Tridak dispensing technology and individual customer application/opera-
tion specifications. Contact: Seth R. Jacobs, Tridak Division, Indicon, Inc., Secor Road, Brookfield Center, Conn. 06805, 203-775-1287. Melles Griot's new Laser Products Division has moved into its new headquarters at 435 S. Pacific Street, San Marcos, Calif. 92069 (714-744-7060). The Division will manufacture helium-neon lasers. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Commission for Analytical Radiochemistry and Nuclear Materials has examined the data available on Bowen's Kale, and is recommending its use as a reference material for radioanalytical investigations of biological samples. These recommendations have been published in the May 1979 issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry (Vol. 51, No. 5, pp 1183-93). Nucleopore Corp. has acquired the Johns-Manville scientific products business. This J-M business operation manufactures a line of cellulosic membrane filters, filter holders, and accessories sold under the tradename "Membra-Fil." For further information contact H. W. Balle-w, Nucleopore Corp., 7035 Commerce Circle, Pleasanton, Calif., 415-462-2230. The National Science Foundation's annual report for 1978, including a statement titled "Science: New Pathways and New Promises" by NSF director Richard C. Atkinson, has been transmitted to the Congress by President Carter. In his statement, Dr. Atkinson discusses the importance of basic research, new instrumentation efforts, and the need for continued education programs for the country's cadre of scientists and engineers. Single copies of the report may be purchased for $3.25 from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The stock number is 038-00000407-7. Two new publications on government metric policy and conversion costs and benefits are available from the Special Publications Editor, American National Metric Council, 1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Metric Conversion Paper # 16, Metric Conversion Costs and Benefits: Two Case Studies outlines how General Motors and Cyanamid Canada controlled conversion costs and realized tangible benefits during the transition. Metric Conversion Paper
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# 1 7 , Metrication in the Federal Government, outlines White House metric policy, the U.S. Department of Justice view on the antitrust implications of conversion, and the role of the U.S. Metric Board in the conversion process. Copies of these papers and the other 15 booklets in the series are available for $2.50 each, $2.00 each to ANMC subscribers. The formation of General Analysis Corp. has been announced by cofounders Paul Wilks and Donald S. Lavery. General Analysis will conduct toxic vapor analyses in working areas for OSHA compliance testing. In the near future they will extend their services into areas such as effluent analysis, ventilation studies, and process monitoring. The address and phone number of the company is Box 2466, Darien, Conn. 06820, 203-6556515. A demonstration and applications laboratory for quadrupole mass spectrometers from Balzers Corp. has opened in Hudson, N.H. The laboratory will make available the research, manufacturing, and data processing hardware characteristically interfaced with Balzers' mass analyzer products and is staffed by specialists in electronics, the computer sciences, physics, and chemistry. Balzers Corp., 8 Sagamore Park Rd, Hudson, N.H. 03051, 603-889-6888. "The Plasma: Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Spectrometry," a new 16mm color film, is available for a limited loan period. Contact: Evanthia K. Malliris, Advertising Coordinator, Jarrell-Ash Division, Fisher Scientific Co., 590 Lincoln Street, Waltham, Mass. 02154, 617-890-4300, ext. 123. A new Specialty Gas Laboratory has been opened by Liquid Carbonic Corp. to serve the Denver, Colo. area. The new laboratory has manufacturing and distribution capability for all types of specialty gases, including high purity research grade gases, calibration standards, semiconductor gases, sterilizing and clinical mixtures, and special application mixtures, in addition to a complete line of related equipment and accessories. Liquid Carbonic Corp., Denver Specialty Gas Laboratory, 6350 Brighton Blvd., Commerce City, Colo. 80022, 303287-2829.
