Characterizing the problem is done using a three-step process of characterizing issues and concerns, developing the appropriate models, and preparing background reports.
Environmental policies are broadly claimed to rely on sound scientific evidence because of the complexity, the uncertainty and the diverging political stakes that characterize issues like biodiversity decline or climate change.
Several lawmakers characterized the issue as something of a litmus test for Mr. Bush.
This is how a consortium of opponents, including Shiva, characterized the issue in a position paper titled "Reckless Driving: Gene Drives and the End of Nature": Imagine that by releasing a single fly into the wild you could genetically alter all the flies on the planet — causing them all to turn yellow, carry a toxin, or go extinct.
Twenty-two percent (22/101) characterized this issue as the following: referred to studies as awaiting assessment, ongoing or unclassified; referenced studies in the section of the review where included; or noted and/or incorporated studies qualitatively into the discussion.
An Interior Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak about the issue, characterized the publication of the ministry's final approval of the Gilo units as "just a procedure".
Two central issues are confusingly both widely characterized as issues over internalism, a word for which contemporary analytic philosophy has found a rather bewilderingly large range of uses.
"I think Dr. Ryan characterized the issues Wyoming is facing fairly accurately," he said.
The move — which pushes the next hearing to Aug. 1 from July 18 — comes as prosecutors have been weighing whether to dismiss the charges against Mr. Strauss-Kahn because of what they have characterized as issues with the credibility of his accuser.
Vascular disorders are one of the most common types of nervous system disorders, characterized by issues with the blood vessels throughout the body.
