Data from an ongoing longitudinal study examined resilience (competent performance under adverse conditions) in a community sample of children of alcoholics (COAs n = 216) and matched controls (n = 201). The study examined the prevalence of competence and whether the relation of competence to internalizing and positive affect differed for COAs and controls. COAs were less likely to be highly co...

The topic of this paper, competences needed for outsourcing, is organized by first providing a generic competence scheme, which is subsequently instantiated to the area of sourcing and outsourcing. Sourcing and outsourcing are positioned as different areas of activity, neither one of which is subsumed under the other one. It is argued that competences relevant for outsourcing are mainly communi...

The development of inhibitory antibodies to factor VIII (FVIII) is a major obstacle in using this clotting factor to treat individuals with hemophilia A. Patients with a congenital absence of FVIII do not develop central tolerance to FVIII, and therefore, any control of their FVIII-reactive lymphocytes relies upon peripheral tolerance mechanisms. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is a key re...

Quality assurance (QA) and continuing competence (CC) programs aim to ensure acceptable levels of health care provider competence, but it is unknown which program methods most successfully achieve this goal. The objectives of the study reported in this article were to compare two distinct QA/CC programs of Canadian dental hygienists and assess the impact of these two programs on practice behavi...

Due to the evolving nature of technology-related industries and a faster-moving market place, there is a need for knowledge-intensive companies to continually develop in order to stay competitive. The inclusion of rapidly evolving software systems into the production pipeline creates a recurring need for competence development among employees in order to efficiently use the new technology. Howe...

150-250 words Professional and practice-based learning is a process which manifests itself in many different forms. It differs by personal characteristics of the learners, levels of their professions, fields of practice, intentionality of their learning, and formalisation of the learning activities. Notions of competence have entered this diverse practice in many ways. The question is whether c...

introduction  self-efficacy in clinical performance had an important role in applying competencies; also competencies and self-efficacy in clinical performance influenced to quality care of nursing and midwifery students. so the present study aimed to define the relationship between clinical competencies and clinical self-efficacy among nursing and midwifery students. materials and methods  thi...

in this article the possible effects of the translation technologies on the critical thinking and translation ability of the students of the translation studies would be studied through a pre-experimental method of research. the participants of this research were thirty one iranian senior translation studies students at the age group of 20-26 who were selected based on their age, educational le...

OBJECTIVES (1) To quantify the effect of using different public health competence frameworks to audit the curriculum of an online distance learning MPH program, and (2) to measure variation in the outcomes of the audit depending on which competence framework is used. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective audit. METHODS We compared the teaching content of an online distance learning MPH program against...