does attitude hinder or help selecting evaluation questions?

Does attitude hinder or help selecting evaluation questions?

BACKGROUND Positive attitude leads to a more successfully implementation of a change. We investigated the effect of attitudes of stakeholders toward a program on their prioritization of the program components for selecting the key question of a theory-driven evaluation with concept mapping method. MATERIALS AND METHODS During a brainstorming session, stated statements defined the program comp...

Beta-arrestin multimers: does a crowd help or hinder function?

In this issue of the Biochemical Journal, Xu et al. describe how they use a spot peptide array to identify a unique sequence within beta-arrestin-2 that is required for both multimerization and ERK1/2 (extracellular-signal-related kinase 1/2) scaffolding. They provide evidence that dimers may serve as more than just 'storage forms' of beta-arrestins, incapable of interacting with receptors but,...

Linguistic Relativity: Does Language Help or Hinder Perception?

A recent study has explored the interplay between language and perception through the brain's visual pathways. The results suggest an influence of linguistic categories on the speed of colour discrimination.

Does Patent Protection Help or Hinder Technology Transfer ?

The theoretical and empirical evidence on the relationship between the strength of patent protection in a country and technology transfer of various kinds to that country is surveyed. The conclusions are that stronger patent protection encourages FDI and technology transfer to mid-level developing countries, but that there is little clear evidence that stronger patent protection encourages indi...

Do Donors Help or Hinder?

The record of aid to fragile and poorly-performing states is the real test of aid effectiveness. Rich countries can justify aid to fragile states both through altruism and self-interest. But, with some exceptions, donors have appeared at the wrong times and with the wrong attitudes, even sometimes undermining development progress. State failure has dimensions of both will and capacity. Failure ...

Does successful small-scale coordination help or hinder coordination at larger scales?