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A report on the STC (Scientific, Technical and Medical) publishing enterprise as it exists today.
National Academies Press (2004). Books>Publishing>Scientific Communication>Technical Writing
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El objetivo de una comunicación técnica no divulgativa es transmitir ideas, información o descubrimientos de carácter técnico o científico dentro de un entorno homogéneo (interacción entre miembros de una misma comunidad, por ejemplo, la comunidad académica de profesores y alumnos). Incluye elementos tales como: Preguntas o dudas sobre una materia concreta a una autoridad competente. Por ejemplo: un mensaje de correo electrónico enviado a un profesor para consultar una duda sobre la organización del laboratorio o sobre una práctica; Informes sobre el análisis, diseño, implementación o pruebas de un determinado sistema o de un módulo de un sistema. Dentro de este apartado podemos incluir la memoria final de la práctica de laboratorios como el LSED o el LCEL; Informes sobre mediciones de laboratorio incluyendo su discusión. Forman parte de la memoria de LSED o LCEL.
Martinez, Juan Manuel Montero. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2001). (Spanish) Books>Scientific Communication>TC
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The Perception of Scientific Uncertainty in Science News Writing 
When science is represented in the news, articles can misrepresent uncertainty in one of two ways: either they make the science appear more uncertain than it is by focusing on controversy, or they make it appear more certain by focusing on the end result or the discovery. Paradoxically, the high degree of uncertainty that pervades the science covered in most news stories and that, in some cases, makes the science newsworthy, receives little attention. This is because journalists must reconcile the difference between uncertain science and an expectation that news is certain. Somewhere in the reconciliation, uncertainty often gets left out.
Riebeek, Holli. University of Washington-Seattle (2002). Books>Scientific Communication>Journalism
#13627
Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research
By itself, biomedical research cannot address the most significant challenges to improving public health. Approximately half of all causes of mortality in the United States are linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet, alcohol use, sedentary lifestyle, and accidents. Yet less than five percent of the money spent annually on U.S. health care is devoted to reducing the risks of these preventable conditions. Behavioral and social interventions offer great promise, but as yet their potential has been relatively poorly tapped. Promoting Health identifies those promising areas of social science and behavioral research that may address public health needs.
Smedley, Brian D. and S. Leonard Syme, Eds. National Academies Press (2001). Books>Scientific Communication
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Scientific and Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Policy (Digital Edition)
Scientific and technical communication can be defined as a process of gathering, organizing, presenting and refining information. It is also a process of persuasion which often appeals to objectivity to convince an audience. Finally, it is a process inevitably shaped by its contexts, and which is improved when it recognizes its contexts.
Collier, James H. and David M. Toomey. Virginia Tech (1997). Books>Scientific Communication>TC
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Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science 
In Shaping Written Knowledge, Charles Bazerman traces the history and character of the experimental article in science, calling attention to the social and rhetorical forces that shaped its development. Truly a landmark in writing studies, this book provides a broadly interdisciplinary exploration of an important genre and offers insights that extend far beyond its immediate focus of study.
Bazerman, Charles. Academic.Writing (1988). Books>Scientific Communication
