firms invest in their learning activities to improve their innovative efforts. these kinds of activities are either internal or external. knowledge which flows among local actors is one of the external learning factors. spontaneous knowledge flows among firms without any compensation or with compensation less than the real value is called knowledge spillover. this paper analyzes the effect of k...

this study examined the effect of general and specific practice on the presence of a special skill. 24 healthy university students with no history of basketball were selected. after a pretest, they performed constant and variable practice (in constant and variable groups) for 5 weeks and 3 sessions per week. a performance test was conducted at the end of every week and retention and transfer te...

This paper attempts to argue that the future for computer-assisted assessment lies in its ability to affect change in the thinking of educators in the HE environment. As an innovative practice with considerable proven success CAA has the capability of triggering much wider and informed debate in the sector that responds in real ways to issues of lifelong learning, employability and development ...

The availability of both direct performance feedback at the organization level and vicarious information at the industry level raises the question of their relative impact, as well as potential multilevel interactions. Prior research suggests that an organization’s own experience after adopting an innovative managerial practice tends to replace information collected by observing other organizat...

conclusions intelligence care is a comprehensive strategy that in addition to recognizing barriers and bridges of nursing care, with predisposing and precipitating forces it can convert barriers to bridges. results intelligence care emerged as a main theme, has a broad spectrum of categories and subcategories with bridges and barriers, including equality of bridges and barriers (contingency car...

introduction: before placing or cementing a restoration into a cavity preparation, the clinician must decide whether a cavity base, liner or a protective cavity sealer should be placed. while this seems simple, the decision is complicated by an ever-increasing number of products available. in addition, the clinical success of an indirect restorative procedure depends, to a great extent, on the ...