The antitrust division has long published explicit guidelines that tell companies which mergers it is likely to block as anticompetitive.
In 2003, Dr. Paul Rousseau, then a Veterans Affairs geriatrician in Phoenix, wrote an editorial in the Journal of Palliative Medicine calling for more explicit guidelines and research.
Where the rules generally had their intended effect was in the moderate range: when there were some explicit guidelines, but flexibility in how they were to be implemented.
They say such protections can be ignored or prove insufficient in the absence of vigilant monitoring or explicit guidelines that specify which architectural elements deserve protection.
The Central Intelligence Agency had explicit guidelines for "human experimentation" – before, during and after its post-9/11 torture of terrorism detainees – that raise new questions about the limits on the agency's in-house and contracted medical research.
The administration and Congress would have to come up with explicit guidelines for a so-called trigger to distribute the heating oil, which could turn into a tug-of-war because of impending elections.
That's why the British Psychological Society - the professional body for psychologists in the UK, of which Jackson is a member - have explicit guidelines regarding how members should and shouldn't behave in the media.
The funds also take heart from a view that the International Monetary Fund has explicit guidelines that say it cannot lend money to a country that chooses to default on its obligations.
Of seven city pet store owners or employees interviewed by The New York Times, some with multiple shops, all but one said the store had explicit guidelines for dealing with intoxicated customers.
Written in Arabic, it covers topics that include advice for Islamic warriors on how to lie low in Western cultures (shave beard, don't be chatty) and explicit guidelines on committing assassinations, using everything from car bombs to clubs to a lethal stew of spoiled meat, green beans and corn.
According to Andreas Archut, spokesman for the University of Bonn, which in July retracted the doctoral title of Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, a member of the European Parliament, the university will publish extensive and explicit guidelines so that doctoral students know exactly what is expected.
