Recent literature mining approaches, biomedical information retrieval systems, and document triage methods, have started using information from both the figures and the captions contained within scientific articles.
The 10 centers in a C.D.C.-sponsored program to track influenza hospitalizations, he said, have started collecting information on height, weight and body index to better determine obesity's predisposition to complications.
While some hotels have started posting information about extra charges on their Web sites, though often in fine print, and others sometimes mention "resort fees" and other surcharges on the phone, Mr. Hanson, the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultant, advises guests to ask about any additional fees when calling to book a room.
Through Yahoo Groups, a service that lets anyone set up an e-mail list on a given theme, more than 150 groups of former employees -- including former workers at a DaimlerChrysler plant in Argentina and ex-teammates from the Toronto Blue Jays -- have started such information exchanges.
Authorities in Kyrgyz, for example, have started an information campaign to reduce brucellosis transmission to small-ruminant herders by encouraging them to wear gloves for lambing and to boil milk before consuming.
Recently, phylogenetic studies in Macaronesian plants have started incorporating information on lineage divergence times [ 3, 10, 11], a key factor when addressing evolutionary questions on the processes underlying lineage diversification [ 12] and their role in community assembly [ 13].
Activists have started to create information networks.
Google and Bing have started providing similar information.
Although pork and poultry processors have started including nutrition information, beef processors have not, nor have supermarkets.
Within the last few years, law enforcement agencies around the country have started using geographic information systems to display, analyze and fight crime.
