Abstract This study aims to analyze the scientific literacy skills and critical thinking profile of high school students their relation based on gender global warming materials. The research used a qualitative descriptive with subject is 100 senior students, consisting 48 male 52 female students. Student’s are measured by 16 descriptions questions about issues which valid reliable online data c...

To succeed within the increasingly global context of their work environment, today’s IT professional needs to be equipped with both cutting-edge technical skills and a strong repertoire of “soft” skills. An important and often unrecognized soft skill is an appreciation of how various IT issues impact upon different peoples and what constitutes an acceptable professional practice in different so...

In the practise of veterinary medicine and global public health, communication skill is as critical as clinical reasoning and an extensive knowledge base. Effective communication skills and cross-cultural sensitivity are essential across the board for interdisciplinary, international, and local veterinary medicine. This paper offers an evidence-based, three-part framework for developing and sus...

a Graduate Institute of International Studies, rue de Lausanne 132, CH-1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland. Correspondence to this author (email: [email protected]). b Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Berne, Switzerland. c Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Manquinhas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ref. No. 06-039222 (Submitted: 23 November 2006 – Accepted: 15 January 2007) Introduction “In the past” — said R...

This research aims to find an answer to the question of which knowledge and skills do the Turkish urban planners need in their business practice. Understanding change in cities, making a prediction, making an urban decision and putting it into practice, working together with actors from different organizations from various academic disciplines, persuading people to accept something and developi...

BACKGROUND There is little published research about differences in doctor-patient communication of different specialties. Accordingly, we compared doctor-patient communication skills in two different specialties, general surgery (GS) and general practice (GP). METHODS Twenty residents from the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital (10 men and 10 women; mean age 28 years; 10 GS and 10 GP) participate...

Kraljic's (1983) purchasing portfolio approach holds that different types of purchases need different sourcing strategies, underpinned by distinct sets of resources and practices. The approach is widely deployed in business and extensively researched, and yet little research has been conducted on how knowledge and skills vary across a portfolio of purchases. This study extends the body of knowl...