Hydrologic connectivity has received great attention recently as our conceptual models of watersheds and water quality have evolved in the past several decades.
Measurement items of healthcare service quality have evolved and shifted based on research agenda [e.g., 2, 13, 16, 17].
Following Donabedian's widely recognized paradigm (1988), a variety of methods for defining and measuring health care quality have evolved [ 11].
Satellite remote sensing of air quality has evolved dramatically over the last decade.
Based on a three-year observation of how design quality has evolved for a community of novice information systems designers, with the support of a shared design memory, we discuss the role of modern art influences on the original design representations that the students have produced.
Over the last years a basic dimensioning of process quality has evolved in empirical educational research (cf. Klieme & Rakoczy, 2008; Seidel & Shavelson, 2007).
Furthermore, our understanding of water quality has evolved over the past century with the expansion of water use requirements and the ability to measure and interpret water characteristics.
The concept of quality has evolved from a process grounded in the physician-patient relationship to broader approaches involving the healthcare community, concept of efficiency, and ethical access to care.
The term "methodological quality" has evolved since its inception and involves the evaluation of the internal validity as well as the external validity of a given study [ 2, 3].
CT in particular is being deployed for a growing number of clinical indications and over the last decade alone CT image quality has evolved tremendously from single-section helical CT to the greater spatial and temporal resolution offered by multi-detector row CT (MDCT).
Prior to proceeding any further, however, it might be useful to provide a brief overview of the main approaches related to quality as have evolved since the middle of the last century (e.g.[5]) from Inspection and Control to Quality Assurance, Quality Management Systems and Total Quality Management.
