The GMA committee for dentistry of the German Society for Medical Education (GMA) considers its' main purpose the representation and interconnection of all aspects of dentistry with and within the GMA. Teaching and assessing practical skills during training is traditionally of great importance in dental education. This is also reflected in the National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Obj...

Training and instruction (T&I) is increasingly based on advanced learning tools such as e-learning, simulators and virtual environments. In order to utilise these tools in an effective way, a first set of global requirements for T&I programs should be specified in order to identify appropriate needs and effective instructional methods. General Morphological Analysis (GMA) is a non-quantified mo...

The present research provides new insights into the relationship between general mental ability (GMA) and adaptive performance by applying a discontinuous growth modeling framework to a study of unforeseen change on a complex decision-making task. The proposed framework provides a way to distinguish 2 types of adaptation (transition adaptation and reacquisition adaptation) from 2 common perform...

In order to understand cell metabolism as a system, it is important to formulize its molecular interaction network and to analyze it in the system level. In the postgenomic era, various experimental data such as transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome have accumulated rapidly. Such information is greatly available for constructing a molecular interaction map and simulating its dynamic features....

General morphological analysis (GMA) is a method for structuring and investigating the total set of relationships contained in multi-dimensional, usually non-quantifiable, problem complexes. Pioneered by Fritz Zwicky at the California Institute of Technology in the 1930s and 40s, it relies on a constructed parameter space, linked by way of logical relationships, rather than on causal relationsh...

A frequently reported finding is that general mental ability (GMA) is the best single psychological predictor of job performance. Furthermore, specific abilities often add little incremental validity beyond GMA, suggesting that they are not useful for predicting job performance criteria once general intelligence is accounted for. We review these findings and their historical background, along w...

We review the literature on the relation between whole brain size and general mental ability (GMA) both within and between species. Among humans, in 28 samples using brain imaging techniques, the mean brain size/GMA correlation is 0.40 (N = 1,389; p < 10(-10)); in 59 samples using external head size measures it is 0.20 (N = 63,405; p < 10(-10)). In 6 samples using the method of correlated vecto...

A complex challenge facing those involved in crisis management relates to how to manage cascading effects in crisis situations. This paper provides a practice-based insight into the use of General Morphological Analysis (GMA), a non-quantified modelling method that can enable a shared understanding of the various interdependencies involved in cascading crises, by creating a conceptual model of ...

the aim of this study was to assess the effect of bleaching on elution of monomers from nanofilled and microhybrid composites.80 samples (5mm diameter and 3mm thickness) of each composite were prepared. after curing, half of them were randomly polished. each group was divided into 8 subgroups and immersed in water or 10%, 20% and 30% h2o2 for 3 or 8 hours. eluted bis-gma (bis-phenol a glycidyl ...

Arc instability is one of the most critical problems in gas-metal-arc (GMA) based wire arc additive manufacturing titanium (Ti) alloys. It can result a poor bead surface, surface oxidation, and spattering. In particular, relocation cathode spot area main cause big spatters because high thermal energy molten droplet at pool surface. this study, two control techniques were applied using auxiliary...