It has been successfully implemented in the diabetes clinics at a District General Hospital in the UK (George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton) where it has resulted in high quality diabetes care evidenced by its clinical effectiveness evaluation [ 12] and as reflected in the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) scores from general practice surgeries using the checklist [ 13].
Since IBS-like symptoms can also occur in a milder form in healthy individuals, studies on subjects with IBS are relevant to the general, undiagnosed population, as reflected in the European regulatory framework.
There is a strong international consensus on the importance of providing families with support needed, as reflected in the widely endorsed Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV and AIDS (UNICEF et al., 2004).
The first-ever World Health Assembly resolution on viral hepatitis in 2010 [ 1] generated momentum in relation to key strategy and policy issues at the global level, as reflected in the viral hepatitis strategic framework announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2012 [ 2].
As reflected in the title of this volume, there are two core elements in Kassam's human ecological framework for the Arctic: biocultural diversity and indigenous ecological knowledge.
The paper maps the patterns of official hostile responses to the illegal activities of the youth whose daily routines inevitably entail the disregard of the spatial planning framework as reflected in existing legal and regulatory controls.
The process began with convergent thinking toward the development of a preliminary working conceptual framework, subsequently evolved into divergent thinking as reflected in review teams' multiple variations of the original framework, and ultimately returned to convergent thinking in pursuit of a single, comprehensive, framework.
The tenuous and political nature of social images of infants and toddlers, however, has been emphasised by Cheeseman et al. (2015) who fear that the strong image of infants and toddlers as learners, reflected in the national curriculum framework, may revert to the needy child requiring care.
This approach is already reflected in the BRICS Framework for Collaboration on Strategic Projects in Health.
There's also a focus on security interests, as reflected in new joint annual exercises, an agreed defense framework and discussions on equipment and technology transfers.
