For example, the National Research Council NRCC) defines scientific literacy as the ability "use evidence and data to evaluate the quality of science information and arguments put forth by scientists and in the media" (NRC, 1996).
The instrument contains items designed to specifically measure constructs related to using "evidence and data to evaluate the quality of science information and arguments put forth by scientists and in the media" (NRC, 1996).
These guidelines, included in this article, were based on currently available information and policies put forth by legislative bodies, academic medical centers, industry groups, and other professional medical societies, and were designed to safeguard against abuse while maintaining valuable collaboration between vascular surgeons and their industry partners.
This enabled the web to serve as a comprehensive information resource, a digital library matching the vision put forth by H. G. Wells in his 1938 essay "World Brain" [5].
The tendency toward associative and affective processes and reliance on mediated information creates vulnerability to competing climate change frames put forth by interest groups (Weber & Stern, 2011), and suggests that the potential influence of such groups should be examined.
"The new OECD data should also put to rest the distorted information about the true state of wireless pricing in Canada put forth by companies seeking entry into the wireless marketplace through taxpayer-subsidies and other uncompetitive measures".
For purposes of this entry, however, the definition of a (Web) search engine, put forth by Halavais (2009, 5 6), is "an information retrieval system that allows for keyword searches of distributed digital text".
Juxtaposing an intuitive color scheme over the deliberate character symmetries of an ambigraphic nucleic acid notation yields a highly-functional nucleic acid notation that maximizes information content and successfully embodies key principles of graphic excellence put forth by the statistician and graphic design theorist, Edward Tufte.
This information helps frame the discussion of tax and spending proposals being put forth by the presidential candidates and by many Congressional candidates, as well.
The categories and sub-categories identified are described below and instanced with quotations from the interviews (Table 1).> An idea put forth by almost all respondents is that ability to understand information is necessary for decision-making capacity.
